Journalist, Author and New York Times Columnist, Bruce Feiler is one of America's most popular voices on faith, family and finding meaning in everyday life. The bestselling author of ten books captures his reader's imagination, while offering both inspiration and insight on how we live.
In Walking the Bible: A Journey Through the Five Books of Moses, Feiler recounted his travels through the Middle East and connected biblical stories to their actual sites. Celebrated by the Washington Post as "an instant classic," Walking the Bible spent over a year on The New York Times bestsellers list and, in 2006, PBS aired Walking the Bible with Bruce Feiler, a mini-series written, produced and hosted by Feiler. The Wall Street Journal called it "three splendid hours of television."
A master storyteller, Feiler applies his investigative spirit to religion, politics, and history. Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths, which was praised as "a revolution in thought" by TIME magazine and featured on its cover. His book America's Prophet: How the Story of Moses Shaped America, reveals the central role Moses has played in American history—from the Pilgrims to the Founding Fathers, from Abraham Lincoln to Barack Obama—and explores how he can provide meaning in a moment of national crisis. America's Prophet was also identified by Glenn Beck as one of the three most influential books of 2009. Both were New York Times bestsellers.
His latest New York Times bestseller, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me, tells the uplifting story of how friendship and community can help one survive life's greatest challenge. Bruce Feiler and his family have been featured on the cover of USA Weekend and the subject of a Sanjay Gupta, MD Special: Dads For My Daughters, presented by CNN. Feiler has been honored by the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) with their Fatherhood Award.
Bruce Feiler has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and Gourmet, where he won three James Beard Awards. He is also a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, CNN and Fox News. His column Family Matters, appears monthly in the Sunday Edition of the New York Times. A native of Savannah, Georgia, Bruce Feiler lives in New York with wife, Linda Rottenberg, and their twin daughters.
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