Neil Strauss

Neil Strauss is a ten-time New York Times best-selling author; a longtime contributing editor at Rolling Stone; and a former music critic, cultural reporter, and columnist at The New York Times, where he won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for excellence in music journalism. His podcast, To Live & Die in L.A., hit number one on the iTunes charts and spent four months in the top ten, where it was named the best podcast of the year by The Associated Press and one of the ten best podcasts of the year by Apple. His latest podcast, To Die For, is currently ranking in the top 10 on iTunes under the true crime category. His most recent book collaborations include The Creative Act with Rick Rubin, which entered the New York Times bestseller list at number one and has been on the list for 76 weeks so far (and is still there), and I Can’t Make This Up with Kevin Hart, which also entered The New York Times bestseller list at number one. Other New York Times bestsellers of his include The Truth, Emergency, Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead, and The Game, which has the dubious distinction of being the most stolen book at Barnes and Noble besides The Bible. His book with Motley Crue, The Dirt, was hailed by Q magazine as “the most unputdownable rock book of the year, or possibly any year.” A feature-length film of The Dirt was released on Netflix, directed by Jeff Tremaine. Strauss has received the President’s Volunteer Service Award for his search & rescue work and the Los Angeles Press Club’s Journalist Award for his Rolling Stone profile of Elon Musk. He has appeared as a guest star on Curb Your Enthusiasm, in videos by Beck and 30 Seconds to Mars, and on talk shows such as The Jimmy Kimmel Show, The View, Good Morning America, Nightline, and Dr. Oz.