Jake Halpern Biography

Jake Halpern is an author journalist and radio producer. His first book Braving Home was a main selection for the Book of the Month Club by Bill Bryson and was one of Library Journal's “Best Books of the Year.” His next book Fame Junkies was the basis for an original series on NPR's All Things Considered and portions of the book were published in both the New Yorker and in Entertainment Weekly.
Jake’s most recent nonfiction book Bad Paper was excerpted as a cover story for the New York Times Magazine in August of 2014. It is due out in October. Jake’s debut work of fiction a young adult trilogy Dormia has been hailed by the American Library Association's Booklist as a worthy heir to the Harry Potter series. In September of 2014 Jake signed a two book deal with Putnam / Penguin for two more young adult novels.
As a journalist Jake has written for The New York Times Magazine The New Yorker The Wall Street Journal GQ Sports Illustrated The New Republic Slate Smithsonian Entertainment Weekly Outside New York Magazine and other publications. In the realm of radio Jake is a contributor to NPR's All Things Considered and This American Life. Jake's hour-long radio story Switched at Birth is on This American Life's short list as one of its top eight shows of all time. One of Jake's stories has been optioned by Plan B which is Brad Pitt's production company. Another one of Jake's stories on a $20 billion treasure discovered beneath a temple in India is the basis for a new movie being produced by 20th Century Fox and Heyday Films (which made the Harry Potter movies).

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