David Hirshey
David Hirshey is a book editor and sportswriter. He has been an editor at The New Yorker and Esquire where from 1985 to 1997, he was in charge of the magazine's Dubious Achievement Awards. He is currently Senior Vice President and Executive Editor at HarperCollins publishers in New York City.[1]
In 2010, Hirshey co-authored “The ESPN World Cup Companion: Everything You Need To Know About The Planet’s Biggest Sports Event.[2]“ Hirshey also appeared in Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos, the 2006 documentary about the New York Cosmos soccer team, whom he covered as a beat writer for the New York Daily News.[3] He has written extensively about soccer in various publications including ESPN the Magazine and the New York Times, and used to write a weekly column about soccer on Deadspin.
Contents
Books edited by Hirshey
- Phillips, Bill & Michael Dorso (1999), Body For Life, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-019339-5
- Bruni, Frank (2002), Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-621371-1
- Leavvy, Jane (2002),Sandy Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-019533-9
- Longman, Jere (2002), Among the Heroes United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-009908-9
- Hersh, Seymour (2004), Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-06-019591-6.
- Finkel, Michael (2005), True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-058047-X
- Weiss, Phillip (2005), American Taboo: A Murder in the Peace Corps, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-009686-1
- Daly, John with Glen Waggoner (2006) My Life in and out of the Rough, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-112062-6
- Blythe, Will (2006), To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever, Haper Collins, ISBN 0-06-074023-X
- Johnson, Marilyn (2006), The Dead Beat, Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-075875-9
- MacGregor, Jeff (2006), Sunday Money: Speed! Lust! Madness! Death! a Hot Lap Around America with NASCAR, Harper Collins, ISBN 978-0-06-009471-3
- Tenet, George (2007) "At The Center of The Storm”
- Ferguson, Craig (2009) American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot”
- Silverman, Sarah (2010) The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption and Pee
- Konrad, John & Shroder, Tom (2011) "Fire On The Horizon: The Untold Story Of The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill", Harper Collins, ISBN 0-06-206300-6
Books co-authored by Hirshey
- Bodo, Peter & David Hirshey with Pelé (1977), Pele's New World, Norton, ISBN 0-393-08758-1
- Messing, Shep & David Hirshey (1978), The Education of An American Soccer Player, Dodd, Mead and Company, ISBN 0-396-07568-1
- Hirshey, David and Roger Bennett (2010) “The ESPN World Cup Companion”
Filmography
- Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) - Performer, as himself.
External links
- David Hirshey is The Closer - Hirshey's regular column on Deadspin
- David Hirshey - Hirshey's appearances on Charlie Rose
