The Amateur

Edward Klein is a bestselling political figure author who has written about the Kennedys and Hillary Clinton. Klein is the former foreign editor of Newsweek and former editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine. He frequently contributes to Vanity Fair and Parade; he has a weekly column in Parade called "Personality Parade" under the pseudonym "Walter Scott". Many of his books have been on The New York Times Bestseller list. He attended Colgate University, graduated from Columbia University, and received an MS degree from the Columbia University school of Journalism.

His works include: Just Jackie: Her Private Years, 1999; All Too Human: The Love Story of Jack and Jackie Kennedy, 2003; The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President, 2005; and The Amateur: Barack Obama in the White House, 2012. In 2014 his title, Blood Feud: The Clinton's vs. The Obamas also made The New York Times Best Seller List. Klein's 2015 title Unlikeable: The Problem with Hillary, has become a bestseller on several major lists. Edward Klein's 2016 title about Hilary Clinton, Guilty as Sin, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2016.

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