
Paul Pioneer Press and later The Philadelphia Inquirer. His journalism career began at the Ledger-Star in Norfolk Va. )Buzz graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover in 1972 and the University of Pennsylvania in 1976. (Read Nancy Franklin's October 8 New Yorker review of the series here. Friday Night Lights also serves as the inspiration for the television series of the same name now in its second season on NBC. Two of his works were made into the critically acclaimed films Friday Night Lights and Shattered Glass three more are in active development.

He is the author of three highly acclaimed nonfiction books: Friday Night Lights A Prayer for the City and Three Nights in August.Buzz has been a reporter for some of the nation's most prestigious newspapers a magazine writer with published work in Vanity Fair The New York Times Magazine and Sports Illustrated and a co-producer and writer for the ABC television drama NYPD Blue. He also was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. A native of New York City Buzz is the winner of the Pulitzer Prize the Livingston Award the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award and the National Headliners Award among others.

Buzz Bissinger is among the nation's most honored and distinguished writers.
