Klein, Alec 1967-

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KLEIN, Alec 1967-

PERSONAL: Born February 25, 1967, in Sleepy Hollow, NY; son of a journalist and an artist; married; wife's name Julie-Ann. Education: Graduated from Brown University.

ADDRESSES: Home—Washington, DC. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

CAREER: Journalist. Reporter for Virginian-Pilot, Baltimore Sun, and Wall Street Journal; Washington Post, journalist, 2000–. Guest lecturer at American University, Georgetown University, University of California, Berkeley, and New York University. University of Wisconsin, Madison, business writer-in-residence; television guest on Cable News Network and CNBC; radio guest on British Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio.

MEMBER: Phi Beta Kappa.

AWARDS, HONORS: Front Page Award, Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, and Emily P. Bissell Award, American Lung Association, Maryland Chapter, both 1998; Society of American Business Editors and Writers award for project reporting, Virginia Press Association award for news writing, and Gerald Loeb Award, University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, all 2003.

WRITINGS:

Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2003.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, July, 2003, David Siegfried, review of Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner, p. 1843.

PR Week, August 25, 2003, review of Stealing Time, p. 24.

Publishers Weekly, June 9, 2003, review of Stealing Time, p. 48.