David Owen (author)

David Owen
Born (1955-02-14) February 14, 1955 (age 69)
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • writer
NationalityAmerican
Alma materThe Pembroke-Country Day School
Colorado College
Harvard University
SpouseAnn Hodgman
Children2
Website
www.davidowen.net

David Owen (born February 14, 1955) is an American journalist and author.

Education

David Owen grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and graduated from The Pembroke-Country Day School in 1973. He attended Colorado College before transferring to Harvard University, where he was an editor of The Harvard Lampoon, as was his future wife, Ann Hodgman. He graduated from Harvard in 1978 with a degree in English.

Journalism

Owen has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1991[1] and a contributing editor of Golf Digest since 1995; previously he was a contributing editor of The Atlantic Monthly and a senior writer for Harper's Magazine.[2] For six years he was a regular columnist for Home magazine. He was also a contributing editor and columnist for Spy.

Owen won an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship in 1984 to research and write about standardized testing in the American education system.[3]

Personal life

Owen lives in Washington, Connecticut with his wife, Ann Hodgman. They have two adult children, both writers: Laura Hazard Owen and John Bailey Owen.

Works

Books

  • High School: Undercover with the Class of '80 (New York: Viking, 1981) ISBN 0670371491
  • None of the Above: Behind the Myth of Scholastic Aptitude (pb. subtitle: The Truth Behind the SATs (New YorkL Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985) ISBN 978-0-395-35540-4 ISBN 0-395-35540-0
  • The Man Who Invented Saturday Morning: And Other Adventures in American Enterprise (Villard, 1988) ISBN 978-0-394-56810-2 ISBN 0-394-56810-9
  • The Walls Around Us: The Thinking Person's Guide to How a House Works (New York: Villard, 1991) ISBN 978-0-394-57824-8 ISBN 0-394-57824-4
  • My Usual Game; Adventures in Golf (New York: Villard, 1995) ISBN 0679414878
  • (co-editor:) Lure of the Links: Great Golf Stories, an Anthology (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997) ISBN 978-0-87113-685-5 ISBN 0-87113-685-6
  • Around the House: Reflections on Life Under a Roof (pb. title: Life Under a Leaky Roof) (New York Villard, 1998) ISBN 978-0-679-45655-1 ISBN 0-679-45655-4
  • The Complete Office Golf (New York: Workman Publishing, 1999) ISBN 978-0-7611-1593-9 ISBN 0761115935
  • The Making of the Masters: Clifford Roberts, Augusta National, and Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999) ISBN 0684867516
  • The Chosen One: Tiger Woods and the Dilemma of Greatness (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001) ISBN 978-0-7432-2234-1 ISBN 0-7432-2234-2
  • Hit & Hope: How the Rest of Us Play Golf (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003) ISBN 0743261461
  • The First National Bank of Dad: The Best Way to Teach Kids About Money (pb. subtitle: A Foolproof Method for Teaching Your Kids the Value of Money) (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003) ISBN 978-0-7432-0480-4 ISBN 0-7432-0480-8
  • Copies in Seconds: How a Lone Inventor and an Unknown Company Created the Biggest Communication Breakthrough Since Gutenberg – Chester Carlson and the Birth of Xerox (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004) ISBN 978-0-7432-5118-1 ISBN 0-7432-5118-0
  • Sheetrock and Shellac: A Thinking Person's Guide to the Art and Science of Home Improvement (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006) ISBN 978-0-7432-5120-4 ISBN 0-7432-5120-2
  • Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and Driving Less Are the Keys to Sustainability (New York: Riverhead, 2009) ISBN 9781594484841
  • The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make our Energy and Climate Problems Worse (New York: Riverhead, 2012) ISBN 9781594485619

Essays and reporting

References

  1. ^ "Contributors: David Owen". The New Yorker. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Contributor Profile: David Owen". Golf Digest.
  3. ^ "Alicia Patterson Foundation". www.aliciapatterson.org. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Those Who Can't, Consult" (PDF). Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  5. ^ "The Atlantic - October 1986 - Where Toys Come From - Owen". www.theatlantic.com. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Innocents Abroad". The Atlantic. November 1996. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Children and Money - 98.04". www.theatlantic.com. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ^ "From Race to Chase". The New Yorker. 26 May 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Measure for Measure". The New Yorker. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  10. ^ "The Hundred Club". The New Yorker. 15 December 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  11. ^ Owen, David (4 February 2003). "NASA, Spinning". Slate. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  12. ^ Golf Digest, March 2003"The Case for All Male Golf Clubs" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Remake". The New Yorker. 13 April 2003. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  14. ^ "The Meat Doctor". The New Yorker. 22 June 2003. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  15. ^ "A Naturalist's Notes". The New Yorker. 3 August 2003. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  16. ^ "8 Simple Rules For Dating My Ex-Wife". The New Yorker. 4 January 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Old Hack". The New Yorker. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Green Manhattan". The New Yorker. 10 October 2004. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  19. ^ "Your Three Wishes: F.A.Q." The New Yorker. 8 January 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  20. ^ "The S.A.T.'s Watchdog". The New Yorker. 26 March 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  21. ^ "The Soundtrack of Your Life". The New Yorker. 2 April 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  22. ^ "Bird". The New Yorker. 16 July 2006. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  23. ^ "The Afterlife: Cutting Back". The New Yorker. 30 December 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  24. ^ "Wheeling". The New Yorker. 23 November 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  25. ^ "Tornado Man". The New Yorker. 24 October 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  26. ^ "Hands Across America". The New Yorker. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  27. ^ "Notes from Underground". The New Yorker. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  28. ^ "The Yips". The New Yorker. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2017.

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