Richard Sanders (writer)
Richard Louis Sanders (born July 14, 1949) is a former Executive Editor of Entertainment Weekly and People magazines and the author of a series of character-driven thrillers. While the novels are designed as entertainment, with large dollops of humor, they deal with such serious issues as addiction, depression, despair and, concomitantly, spiritual renewal and redemption—all subjects close to Sanders’ life.
Magazines[edit]
His career in magazines began in 1978, when he became an Associate Editor at Us Magazine,[1] a then year-old publication started by The New York Times Company[2] as a competitor to the successful, recently[when?] launched People. Sanders was the Features Editor by the time he left Us in 1985.
He joined People[3] as a Senior Writer in 1985, specializing in entertainment coverage[4] [5] and had been promoted to Senior Editor[6] by the time he left in 1991.
He transferred to another magazine in the Time Inc.[7] stable, Entertainment Weekly,[8] joining the publication as a Senior Editor during its formative, groundbreaking years, when it won three ASME[9] General Excellence Awards. Sanders had been promoted to Assistant Managing Editor[10] and Executive Editor by the time he returned to People in 2002.
During his second stint at People, which lasted until 2008, his duties as Executive Editor included leading the magazine's 300 reporters and correspondents as News Director, editing and overseeing the People books division[11][12][13] and running people.com.[14]
Books[edit]
His books, in order of publication, include:
Sex Death Dream Talk[15]
The Dead Have A Thousand Dreams[16]
Tell No Lie, We Watched Her Die[17]
The Lower Manhattan Book of The Dead[18]
The Seventh Compass Point Of Death[19]
"Dead Line"[20]
"Dead Heat"[21]
The novels vary widely in subject matter, from deadly scams in Hollywood to terrorist plots in New York, but they are united by thematic consistency. Characters are addicted, in one form or another, to power, money, obsession, drugs, alcohol, rage or revenge, and resolution can only be attained through love, faith and self-release. Sanders has written and spoken[22] extensively about his own experiences with dropping LSD,[23] injecting crystal methamphetamine[24] and struggling with alcoholism.[25][26] As he says in the biographical entry to Sex Death Dream Talk, “I often speak to young journalists and try to use myself as an example for inspiration—a guy who spent time in jail, rehab and a psych ward and somehow went on to become a successful editor…and managed to keep himself sane and alive. I’ve tried to reflect those experiences in these books.”
Interviews & Bio Articles[edit]
Dancing With Death[27]
How I Kicked Drugs By Writing[28]
Bookpleasures interview[29]
Indie Book Lounge interview[30]
Freelance and Fiction interview[31]
Free Book Reviews interview[32]
ACMP interview[33]
References[edit]
- ^ "Us Weekly's Hot Celebrity News, Photos & Videos from". Usmagazine.com. 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "New York Times Company". Nytco.com. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "The #1 Celebrity Site for breaking news, celebrity pictures and star style". People.com. 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "Results : Search : People.com". Search.people.com. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ Sanders, Richard (1987-11-23). "A Wedding Belle Gives Miami Spice - Engagements, Miami Vice, Don Johnson, Sheena Easton". People.com. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; U.S. Magazine Readers Love British Royalty - New York Times". The New York Times. 1988-11-28. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "Official Website: Home Page". Timeinc.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-20. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "Entertainment Weekly's EW.com | Entertainment News | TV News | TV Shows | Movie, Music and DVD Reviews". Ew.com. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "American Society of Magazine Editors - ASME". Magazine.org. 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "Ideas & Trends; Why the Media Leave No Movie Deal Uncovered - New York Times". The New York Times. 1995-08-20. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ Magazine, Editors of People (March 2003). People: Seventy-Five Years of Oscar Style (9781931933322): Editors of People Magazine: Books. ISBN 1931933324.
{{cite book}}:|first1=has generic name (help) - ^ Remembering Johnny (9781932994889): People Magazine: Books. 2005. ISBN 1932994882.
- ^ People: Yearbook 2005 (People Yearbook) (9781932273519): Editors of People Magazine: Books. 15 February 2005. ISBN 1932273514.
- ^ "The #1 Celebrity Site for breaking news, celebrity pictures and star style". People.com. 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ Sanders, Richard (18 March 2010). Sex Death Dream Talk. ISBN 978-1-4515-2222-8.
- ^ Sanders, Richard (27 March 2010). The Dead Have a Thousand Dreams. ISBN 978-1-4515-3355-2.
- ^ Sanders, Richard (2010-03-27). Tell No Lie, We Watched Her die. ISBN 978-1-4515-3495-5.
- ^ Sanders, Richard (2010-03-16). The Lower Manhattan Book of the Dead. ISBN 978-1-4515-0778-2.
- ^ Sanders, Richard (25 June 2010). The Seventh Compass Point of Death. ISBN 978-1-4536-1551-5.
- ^ Sanders, Richard (February 2011). Dead Line. ISBN 978-1-4565-3330-4.
- ^ Sanders, Richard (31 August 2011). Dead Heat. ISBN 978-1-4658-9614-8.
- ^ "Daniel L Carter: Interview with Richard Sanders author of The Seventh Compass Point of Death". Dlcacmp.blogspot.com. 2010-10-17. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "LSD - InfoFacts - NIDA". Drugabuse.gov. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "Crystal Meth Facts - Methamphetamine Information". Chemistry.about.com. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "Google Health - Alcoholism". Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "How I kicked drugs by writing". Rsandersblog.wordpress.com. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ "Dancing with Death". 2011-04-30.
- ^ "How I kicked drugs by writing". 2010-11-30.
- ^ "Meet Richard Sanders Author of the Quinn McShane Novels".
- ^ "Indie Book Lounge - THE Place to Discover Indie Authors".
- ^ "Author POV: Richard Sanders".
- ^ "Author Interview: Richard Sanders author of Dead Line - Richard Sanders - Zimbio". www.zimbio.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-04.
- ^ "Daniel L Carter: Interview with Richard Sanders author of The Seventh Compass Point of Death". dlcacmp.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08.