A. SCOTT BERG

'Andrew Scott Berg' (b. December 4 1949, Norwalk, Connecticut) is a multi-award-winning American biographer. He has authored biographies of Katharine Hepburn, Maxwell Perkins, Samuel Goldwyn, Charles Lindbergh and wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh. He is currently working on a biography of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.

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Background

Awards

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Background

When Berg was eight years old, his family relocated to Los Angeles, California, where his father, Dick Berg, was a prominent film and television producer. Berg claims it was his mother who sparked his interest in F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was her own infatuation with the author that led her to name her son Scott. When he was fifteen, she introduced him to Fitzgerald. He was so intrigued by Fitzgerald's life and books that he determined to apply to Princeton University, Fitzgerald's alma mater. He graduated from Princeton in 1971, and served on the University's Board of Trustees from 1999 to 2003.

Awards

Berg has won a number of awards for his books, including a National Book Award for ''Max Perkins: Editor of Genius'' (1979), a Guggenheim Fellowship for ''Goldwyn: A Biography'' (1989), and a Pulitzer Prize for ''Lindbergh'' (1999). His book on Katharine Hepburn, ''Kate Remembered'', appeared in 2003 only weeks after her death. Berg's approach to his subjects tends to be sympathetic, but by no means uncritical. He treated the issue of Charles Lindbergh's alleged anti-Semitism in a straightforward, unblinking manner. Berg also has contributed articles to many American magazines, including ''Architectural Digest'' and ''Vanity Fair.''
His brother is Jeff Berg, CEO of International Creative Management, a leading Hollywood talent and literary agency.

External links

★ Interview with A. Scott Berg about his Lindbergh biography

★ Interview with A. Scott Berg about his Hepburn biography

★ Brief biography of A. Scott Berg from Princeton University when he joined the Board of Trustees

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