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{{Short description|American writer and television personality}}
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'''Bruce Feiler''' (born October 25, 1964) is an American writer and television personality. He is the author of 15 books, including ''[[The Council of Dads (book)|Council of Dads]],'' a book that describes how he responded to a diagnosis of a rare cancer by asking a group of men to be present in the lives of his young daughters. The book was the subject of a TED Talk and inspired NBC drama series ''[[Council of Dads (TV series)|Council of Dads]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2019/05/12/nbc-fall-lineup-2019-this-is-us/|title=NBC Fall Schedule: Manifest Held for Midseason, Good Place 'Promoted'|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=2019-05-12|website=TVLine|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> His latest work explores the power of life stories. Drawing on interviews with Americans in all 50 states, he offers strategies for coping with life's unsettling times in his new book, ''Life Is In The Transitions.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318970/life-is-in-the-transitions-by-bruce-feiler/|title=Life Is in the Transitions by Bruce Feiler: 9781594206825 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> Bruce writes the "This Life" column in the Sunday New York Times and is also the writer/presenter of the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] miniseries ''Walking the Bible ''and ''Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/walkingthebible/ |title=Walking the Bible |accessdate=2010-04-30}}</ref>
'''Bruce Feiler''' (born October 25, 1964) is an American writer and television personality. He is the author of 15 books, including ''[[The Council of Dads (book)|The Council of Dads]]'', a book that describes how he responded to a diagnosis of a rare cancer by asking a group of men to be present in the lives of his young daughters. The book was the subject of a TED Talk and inspired NBC drama series ''[[Council of Dads (TV series)|Council of Dads]].''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2019/05/12/nbc-fall-lineup-2019-this-is-us/|title=NBC Fall Schedule: Manifest Held for Midseason, Good Place 'Promoted'|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|date=2019-05-12|website=TVLine|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> His latest work explores the power of life stories. Drawing on interviews with Americans in all 50 states, he offers strategies for coping with life's unsettling times in his new book, ''Life Is In The Transitions.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318970/life-is-in-the-transitions-by-bruce-feiler/|title=Life Is in the Transitions by Bruce Feiler: 9781594206825 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> Bruce writes the "This Life" column in the Sunday ''New York Times'' and is also the writer/presenter of the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] miniseries ''Walking the Bible ''and ''Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler'' (2014).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/walkingthebible/ |title=Walking the Bible |website=[[PBS]] |access-date=2010-04-30}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Feiler is credited with formulating the [[Feiler Faster Thesis]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/id/1004812/ |title=Kausfiles – Battles for the Vital Center! |accessdate=2010-04-30}}</ref> the increasing pace of society and journalists' ability to report it is matched by the public's desire for more information.
Feiler is credited with formulating the [[Feiler faster thesis]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/id/1004812/ |title=Kausfiles – Battles for the Vital Center! |work=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |date=March 10, 2000 |access-date=2010-04-30}}</ref> the increasing pace of society and journalists' ability to report it is matched by the public's desire for more information.


Publications he has written for include ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'', and ''[[Gourmet magazine]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gourmet.com/profiles/bruce_feiler/search?contributorName=Bruce%20Feiler |title=Archive of articles in Gourmet |accessdate=2010-05-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013113301/http://www.gourmet.com/profiles/bruce_feiler/search?contributorName=Bruce%20Feiler |archivedate=October 13, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref> where he won three James Beard Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jamesbeard.org/index.php?q=james_beard_past_award |title=James Beard Foundation Awards archive=2010-04-30}}</ref> He is also a contributor to [[National Public Radio]], [[CNN]], and [[Fox News]].
Publications he has written for include ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'', and ''[[Gourmet (magazine)|Gourmet]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gourmet.com/profiles/bruce_feiler/search?contributorName=Bruce%20Feiler |title=Archive of articles in Gourmet |access-date=2010-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013113301/http://www.gourmet.com/profiles/bruce_feiler/search?contributorName=Bruce%20Feiler |archive-date=October 13, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref> where he won three [[James Beard Award]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jamesbeard.org/index.php?q=james_beard_past_award |title=James Beard Foundation Awards archive=2010-04-30}}</ref> He is also a contributor to [[National Public Radio]], [[CNN]], and [[Fox News]].


A native of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], where he attended the [[Savannah Country Day School]], Feiler lives in Brooklyn with his wife, [[Linda Rottenberg]], and their twin daughters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sacredjourneys/content/about-bruce-feiler/|title=SACRED JOURNEYS WITH BRUCE FEILER {{!}} About Bruce Feiler|website=SACRED JOURNEYS WITH BRUCE FEILER|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>
A native of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], where he attended the [[Savannah Country Day School]], Feiler lives in Brooklyn with his wife, [[Linda Rottenberg]], and their twin daughters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/sacredjourneys/content/about-bruce-feiler/|title=Bruce Feiler|website=Sacred Journeys With Bruce Feiler |access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>


Feiler completed his undergraduate degree at [[Yale University]] where he was a member of [[Ezra Stiles College]], before spending time teaching English in Japan as part of the [[JET Program]]. This experience led to his first book, ''Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan'', a portrait of life in a small Japanese town. Upon his return he earned a master's degree in international relations from the [[University of Cambridge]] in the United Kingdom, which he chronicled in his book ''Looking for Class''.
Feiler completed his undergraduate degree at [[Yale University]] where he was a member of [[Ezra Stiles College]], before spending time teaching English in Japan as part of the [[JET Program]]. This experience led to his first book, ''Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan'', a portrait of life in a small Japanese town. Upon his return he earned a master's degree in international relations from the [[University of Cambridge]] in the United Kingdom, which he chronicled in his book ''Looking for Class''.


==Works==
==Works==
Feiler is the author of ''Life Is In The Transitions,'' a book that suggests strategies for transforming life's turbulent moments into periods of creativity and growth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318970/life-is-in-the-transitions-by-bruce-feiler/|title=Life Is in the Transitions by Bruce Feiler: 9781594206825 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> Informed by the sifting and coding of life story interviews across America, Feiler examines what gives our lives meaning. [[Adam Grant]] called the book, which will be published in May 2020, one of "The 20 New Leadership Books for 2020."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20-new-leadership-books-2020-adam-grant|title=The 20 New Leadership Books for 2020|website=www.linkedin.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>
Feiler is the author of ''Life Is In The Transitions'', a book that suggests strategies for transforming life's turbulent moments into periods of creativity and growth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318970/life-is-in-the-transitions-by-bruce-feiler/|title=Life Is in the Transitions by Bruce Feiler: 9781594206825 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> Informed by the sifting and coding of life story interviews across America, Feiler examines what gives our lives meaning. [[Adam Grant]] called the book, published in May 2020, one of "The 20 New Leadership Books for 2020".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20-new-leadership-books-2020-adam-grant|title=The 20 New Leadership Books for 2020|website=www.linkedin.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>


In ''The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More'' Feiler drew up a blueprint for modern families — a new approach to family dynamics, inspired by techniques gathered from experts in the disciplines of science, business, sports, and the military.
In ''The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More'' Feiler drew up a blueprint for modern families — a new approach to family dynamics, inspired by techniques gathered from experts in the disciplines of science, business, sports, and the military.


A story he wrote about the book for the'' New York Times'', called ''The Stories that Bind Us'' discussed how the more children know about their family history, the higher their well-being and resilience. The piece was on the most-emailed list for a month. Feiler also did a TED talk about the book.
A story he wrote about the book for the ''New York Times'', called ''The Stories that Bind Us'' discussed how the more children know about their family history, the higher their well-being and resilience. The piece was on the most-emailed list for a month. Feiler also did a TED talk about the book.


''Walking the Bible'' describes his 10,000-mile journey retracing the [[Five Books of Moses]] through the desert. The book was hailed as an "instant classic" by the ''[[Washington Post]]'' and "thoughtful, informed, and perceptive" by ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/04/books/books-of-the-times-transformed-on-the-trail-of-the-patriarchs.html?pagewanted=1 |title=BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Transformed on the Trail of the Patriarchs |accessdate=2010-04-30 |work=The New York Times |first=Richard |last=Bernstein |date=2001-04-04}}</ref> It spent more than a year and a half on the New York Times best-seller list, has been translated into fifteen languages, and is the subject of a children's book and a photography book.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060838638/Walking_the_Bible/index.aspx |title=Official HarperCollins site |accessdate=2010-04-30}}</ref>
''Walking the Bible'' describes his 10,000-mile journey retracing the [[Five Books of Moses]] through the desert. The book was hailed as an "instant classic" by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' and "thoughtful, informed, and perceptive" by ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/04/books/books-of-the-times-transformed-on-the-trail-of-the-patriarchs.html?pagewanted=1 |title=Books of the Times; Transformed on the Trail of the Patriarchs |access-date=2010-04-30 |work=The New York Times |first=Richard |last=Bernstein |date=2001-04-04}}</ref> It spent more than a year and a half on ''The New York Times'' best-seller list, has been translated into fifteen languages, and is the subject of a children's book and a photography book.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060838638/Walking_the_Bible/index.aspx |title=Official HarperCollins site |access-date=2010-04-30}}</ref>


In ''The Council of Dads: A Story of Family, Friendship & Learning How to Live'', Feiler describes how, after learning he had a seven-inch [[osteosarcoma]] in his left [[femur]], he asked six men from all passages of his life to be present through the passages of his young daughters’ lives. "I believe my daughters will have plenty of opportunities in their lives," he wrote these men. "They’ll have loving families. They’ll have each other. But they may not have me. They may not have their dad. Will you help be their dad?"{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
In ''The Council of Dads: A Story of Family, Friendship & Learning How to Live'', Feiler describes how, after learning he had a seven-inch [[osteosarcoma]] in his left [[femur]], he asked six men from all passages of his life to be present through the passages of his young daughters' lives. "I believe my daughters will have plenty of opportunities in their lives", he wrote these men. "They'll have loving families. They'll have each other. But they may not have me. They may not have their dad. Will you help be their dad?"{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}


The book was featured on the cover of ''[[USA Weekend]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usaweekend.com/councilofdads |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205115648/http://www.usaweekend.com/councilofdads |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-05 |title=It Takes a Village of Dads |accessdate=2010-05-03 }}</ref> on ''[[The Today Show]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/36823506#36823506 |title=Interview with Matt Lauer |accessdate=2010-05-03}}{{dead link|date=November 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and in ''[[People magazine]]''. Dr. [[Sanjay Gupta]] made a documentary about the story on [[CNN]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/30/what-would-you-do-if-you-thought-you-were-going-to-die |title=What would you do if you thought you were going to die? |accessdate=2010-05-03 |work=CNN}}</ref> Feiler began an initiative with [[23andMe]] to decode the [[genome]] of patients with primary bone cancers. His story inspired the [[NBC]] drama series ''[[Council of Dads (TV series)|Council of Dads]]''.<ref>https://www.23andme.com/sarcoma </ref>
The book was featured on the cover of ''[[USA Weekend]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usaweekend.com/councilofdads |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205115648/http://www.usaweekend.com/councilofdads |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-05 |title=It Takes a Village of Dads |access-date=2010-05-03 }}</ref> on ''[[The Today Show]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/36823506#36823506 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502001513/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/36823506#36823506 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 2, 2010 |title=Interview with Matt Lauer |access-date=2010-05-03}}</ref> and in ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''. Dr. [[Sanjay Gupta]] made a documentary about the story on [[CNN]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/30/what-would-you-do-if-you-thought-you-were-going-to-die |title=What would you do if you thought you were going to die? |access-date=2010-05-03 |work=CNN}}</ref> Feiler began an initiative with [[23andMe]] to decode the [[genome]] of patients with primary bone cancers. His story inspired the [[NBC]] drama series ''[[Council of Dads (TV series)|Council of Dads]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.23andme.com/sarcoma|title = Patient-Driven Sarcoma Research - 23andMe}}</ref>


''Abraham'' recounts Feiler's search for the shared ancestor of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The book was featured on the cover of ''[[TIME Magazine]]'', was a New York Times best-seller.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060838669/Abraham/index.aspx |title=Abraham – HarperCollins site |accessdate=2010-04-30}}</ref>
''Abraham'' recounts Feiler's search for the shared ancestor of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The book was featured on the cover of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine, was a ''New York Times'' best-seller.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780060838669/Abraham/index.aspx |title=Abraham – HarperCollins site |access-date=2010-04-30}}</ref>


''Where God Was Born'' describes Feiler's year-long trek retracing the Bible through [[Israel]], [[Iraq]], and [[Iran]]. ''America's Prophet: [[Moses]] and the American Story'' discusses the significance of Moses as a symbolic prophet throughout four-hundred years [[Moses#Symbol in American history|of American history]]. Both books were New York Times best-sellers. He also wrote about the role of Moses as a defining influence in American life, including the presidency of [[Barack Obama]], in ''TIME'' Magazine.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1927303,00.html |title=How Moses Shaped America |accessdate=2010-05-03 |work=Time |first=Bruce |last=Feiler |date=2009-10-12}}</ref>
''Where God Was Born'' describes Feiler's year-long trek retracing the Bible through [[Israel]], [[Iraq]], and [[Iran]]. ''America's Prophet: [[Moses]] and the American Story'' discusses the significance of Moses as a symbolic prophet throughout four-hundred years [[Moses#Symbol in American history|of American history]]. Both books were ''New York Times'' best-sellers. He also wrote about the role of Moses as a defining influence in American life, including the presidency of [[Barack Obama]], in ''Time'' magazine.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1927303,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005021705/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1927303,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 5, 2009 |title=How Moses Shaped America |access-date=2010-05-03 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |first=Bruce |last=Feiler |date=2009-10-12}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
*''Life Is In The Transitions: Mastering Change in A Nonlinear Age'' (2020) ({{ISBN|1-594-20682-1|}})
* ''The Search: Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World'' (2023) ({{ISBN|978-0593298916}})
*''The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us'' (2017) ({{ISBN|978-1-59-420681-8|}})
* ''Life Is In The Transitions: Mastering Change in A Nonlinear Age'' (2020) ({{ISBN|1-594-20682-1|}})
*''[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323452204578288192043905634 The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More]'' ({{ISBN|978-0-06-177873-5}})
* ''The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us'' (2017) ({{ISBN|978-1-59-420681-8|}})
* ''[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323452204578288192043905634 The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More]'' ({{ISBN|978-0-06-177873-5}})
* ''Generation Freedom: The Middle East Uprisings and the Remaking of the Modern World ''({{ISBN|978-0-06-210498-4}})
* ''Generation Freedom: The Middle East Uprisings and the Remaking of the Modern World ''({{ISBN|978-0-06-210498-4}})
* ''The Council of Dads: A Story of Family, Friendship & Learning How to Live'' (2010) ({{ISBN|0-06-177876-1}})
* ''The Council of Dads: A Story of Family, Friendship & Learning How to Live'' (2010) ({{ISBN|0-06-177876-1}})
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.brucefeiler.com/ Author's official website]
* {{Official website|https://www.brucefeiler.com}}
* [http://www.councilofdads.com/ ''Council of Dads'' website]
* [http://www.councilofdads.com/ ''Council of Dads'' website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106002145/http://harpercollins.com/authors/16441/Bruce_Feiler/index.aspx Author's Harper Collins website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100106002145/http://harpercollins.com/authors/16441/Bruce_Feiler/index.aspx Author's Harper Collins website]
* {{IMDb name|1646248|Bruce Feiler}}
* {{IMDb name|1646248|Bruce Feiler}}
* {{C-SPAN|Bruce Feiler}}
* {{C-SPAN|88984}}
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205060859/http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/173423-1/Bruce+Feiler.aspx ''Booknotes'' interview with Feiler on ''Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths'', December 1, 2002.]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205060859/http://www.booknotes.org/Watch/173423-1/Bruce+Feiler.aspx ''Booknotes'' interview with Feiler on ''Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths'', December 1, 2002.]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJVrOuL6Fzk&feature=player_embedded Council of Dads behind-the-scenes video]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJVrOuL6Fzk&feature=player_embedded ''Council of Dads'' behind-the-scenes video]
* [http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/podcasts/gupta/site/2010/05/03/sanjay.gupta.05.03.cnn CNN's Sanjay Gupta, M.D. special edition – Council of Dads] (30 min.), May 1, 2010
* [http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/podcasts/gupta/site/2010/05/03/sanjay.gupta.05.03.cnn CNN's Sanjay Gupta, M.D. special edition – ''Council of Dads''] (30 min.), May 1, 2010
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090213023234/http://bloggingheads.tv/search/?participant1=Feiler%2C%20Bruce Video discussions involving Feiler] conducted on [[BloggingHeads.tv]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090213023234/http://bloggingheads.tv/search/?participant1=Feiler%2C%20Bruce Video discussions involving Feiler] conducted on [[BloggingHeads.tv]]
* Article: [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1927303,00.html "How Moses Shaped America"], ''TIME'' Magazine, October 12, 2009
* Article: [https://web.archive.org/web/20091005021705/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1927303,00.html "How Moses Shaped America"], ''Time'', October 12, 2009
* Interview: [http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/36823506#36823506 NBC's ''Today Show'']{{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, April 28, 2010
* Interview: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100502001513/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/36823506#36823506 NBC's ''Today Show''], April 28, 2010
* Interview: [https://archive.today/20130205115648/http://www.usaweekend.com/councilofdads ''USA Weekend''], April 9, 2010
* Interview: [https://archive.today/20130205115648/http://www.usaweekend.com/councilofdads ''USA Weekend''], April 9, 2010
* {{TED speaker}}
* {{TED speaker}}
** {{TED talk|bruce_feiler_agile_programming_for_your_family|Agile programming — for your family}} (TEDSalon NY2013)
** {{TED talk|bruce_feiler_agile_programming_for_your_family|Agile programming — for your family}} (TEDSalon NY2013)
* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323452204578288192043905634 Family, Inc.] The Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2013
* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323452204578288192043905634 Family, Inc.] ''The Wall Street Journal'', February 10, 2013
* [http://www.parade.com/news/quiz2/secrets-to-a-happy-family-quiz.html Quiz: How Happy Is Your Family?], Parade, February 17, 2013
* [http://www.parade.com/news/quiz2/secrets-to-a-happy-family-quiz.html Quiz: How Happy Is Your Family?], ''Parade'', February 17, 2013


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Latest revision as of 13:53, 19 May 2024

Bruce Feiler
Born (1964-10-25) October 25, 1964 (age 59)
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
EducationSavannah Country Day School; Yale University B.A. 1987; Cambridge University MPhil International Relations 1991
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist, television host
Notable credit(s)Author of fifteen books; writer-presenter of the PBS miniseries Walking the Bible and Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler; creator of Council of Dads; credited with formulating the Feiler gaster thesis
SpouseLinda Rottenberg
Children2
Websitewww.brucefeiler.com

Bruce Feiler (born October 25, 1964) is an American writer and television personality. He is the author of 15 books, including The Council of Dads, a book that describes how he responded to a diagnosis of a rare cancer by asking a group of men to be present in the lives of his young daughters. The book was the subject of a TED Talk and inspired NBC drama series Council of Dads.[1] His latest work explores the power of life stories. Drawing on interviews with Americans in all 50 states, he offers strategies for coping with life's unsettling times in his new book, Life Is In The Transitions.[2] Bruce writes the "This Life" column in the Sunday New York Times and is also the writer/presenter of the PBS miniseries Walking the Bible and Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler (2014).[3]

Career[edit]

Feiler is credited with formulating the Feiler faster thesis:[4] the increasing pace of society and journalists' ability to report it is matched by the public's desire for more information.

Publications he has written for include The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and Gourmet,[5] where he won three James Beard Awards.[6] He is also a contributor to National Public Radio, CNN, and Fox News.

A native of Savannah, Georgia, where he attended the Savannah Country Day School, Feiler lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Linda Rottenberg, and their twin daughters.[7]

Feiler completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University where he was a member of Ezra Stiles College, before spending time teaching English in Japan as part of the JET Program. This experience led to his first book, Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan, a portrait of life in a small Japanese town. Upon his return he earned a master's degree in international relations from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, which he chronicled in his book Looking for Class.

Works[edit]

Feiler is the author of Life Is In The Transitions, a book that suggests strategies for transforming life's turbulent moments into periods of creativity and growth.[8] Informed by the sifting and coding of life story interviews across America, Feiler examines what gives our lives meaning. Adam Grant called the book, published in May 2020, one of "The 20 New Leadership Books for 2020".[9]

In The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More Feiler drew up a blueprint for modern families — a new approach to family dynamics, inspired by techniques gathered from experts in the disciplines of science, business, sports, and the military.

A story he wrote about the book for the New York Times, called The Stories that Bind Us discussed how the more children know about their family history, the higher their well-being and resilience. The piece was on the most-emailed list for a month. Feiler also did a TED talk about the book.

Walking the Bible describes his 10,000-mile journey retracing the Five Books of Moses through the desert. The book was hailed as an "instant classic" by The Washington Post and "thoughtful, informed, and perceptive" by The New York Times.[10] It spent more than a year and a half on The New York Times best-seller list, has been translated into fifteen languages, and is the subject of a children's book and a photography book.[11]

In The Council of Dads: A Story of Family, Friendship & Learning How to Live, Feiler describes how, after learning he had a seven-inch osteosarcoma in his left femur, he asked six men from all passages of his life to be present through the passages of his young daughters' lives. "I believe my daughters will have plenty of opportunities in their lives", he wrote these men. "They'll have loving families. They'll have each other. But they may not have me. They may not have their dad. Will you help be their dad?"[citation needed]

The book was featured on the cover of USA Weekend,[12] on The Today Show,[13] and in People. Dr. Sanjay Gupta made a documentary about the story on CNN.[14] Feiler began an initiative with 23andMe to decode the genome of patients with primary bone cancers. His story inspired the NBC drama series Council of Dads.[15]

Abraham recounts Feiler's search for the shared ancestor of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The book was featured on the cover of Time magazine, was a New York Times best-seller.[16]

Where God Was Born describes Feiler's year-long trek retracing the Bible through Israel, Iraq, and Iran. America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story discusses the significance of Moses as a symbolic prophet throughout four-hundred years of American history. Both books were New York Times best-sellers. He also wrote about the role of Moses as a defining influence in American life, including the presidency of Barack Obama, in Time magazine.[17]

Bibliography[edit]

  • The Search: Finding Meaningful Work in a Post-Career World (2023) (ISBN 978-0593298916)
  • Life Is In The Transitions: Mastering Change in A Nonlinear Age (2020) (ISBN 1-594-20682-1)
  • The First Love Story: Adam, Eve, and Us (2017) (ISBN 978-1-59-420681-8)
  • The Secrets of Happy Families: Improve Your Mornings, Rethink Family Dinner, Fight Smarter, Go Out and Play, and Much More (ISBN 978-0-06-177873-5)
  • Generation Freedom: The Middle East Uprisings and the Remaking of the Modern World (ISBN 978-0-06-210498-4)
  • The Council of Dads: A Story of Family, Friendship & Learning How to Live (2010) (ISBN 0-06-177876-1)
  • America's Prophet: Moses and the American Story (2009) (ISBN 0-06-057488-7)
  • Walking the Bible: A Photographic Journey (2005) (ISBN 0-06-079904-8)
  • Where God Was Born : A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion (2005) (ISBN 0-06-057487-9)
  • Walking the Bible (Children's Edition) : An Illustrated Journey for Kids Through the Greatest Stories Ever Told (2004) (ISBN 0-06-051119-2)
  • Abraham : A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths (2002) (ISBN 0-06-052509-6)
  • Walking the Bible: A Journey on Land Through the Five Books of Moses (2001) (ISBN 0-380-80731-9)
  • Dreaming Out Loud: Garth Brooks, Wynonna Judd, Wade Hayes, and the Changing Face of Nashville (1998) (ISBN 0-380-79470-5)
  • Under the Big Top: A Season with the Circus (1995) (ISBN 0-06-052702-1)
  • Looking for Class: Days and Nights at Oxford and Cambridge (1993) (ISBN 0-06-052703-X)
  • Learning to Bow: An American Teacher in a Japanese School (1991) (Republished as Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan) (ISBN 0-06-057720-7)
  • Introduction to the 2002 re-launch of H. V. Morton's classic 1936 travelog, In the Steps of St. Paul (ISBN 0-306-81112-X)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ausiello, Michael (May 12, 2019). "NBC Fall Schedule: Manifest Held for Midseason, Good Place 'Promoted'". TVLine. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  2. ^ "Life Is in the Transitions by Bruce Feiler: 9781594206825 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "Walking the Bible". PBS. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  4. ^ "Kausfiles – Battles for the Vital Center!". Slate. March 10, 2000. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  5. ^ "Archive of articles in Gourmet". Archived from the original on October 13, 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
  6. ^ "James Beard Foundation Awards archive=2010-04-30".
  7. ^ "Bruce Feiler". Sacred Journeys With Bruce Feiler. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  8. ^ "Life Is in the Transitions by Bruce Feiler: 9781594206825 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  9. ^ "The 20 New Leadership Books for 2020". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  10. ^ Bernstein, Richard (April 4, 2001). "Books of the Times; Transformed on the Trail of the Patriarchs". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  11. ^ "Official HarperCollins site". Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  12. ^ "It Takes a Village of Dads". Archived from the original on February 5, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  13. ^ "Interview with Matt Lauer". Archived from the original on May 2, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  14. ^ "What would you do if you thought you were going to die?". CNN. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  15. ^ "Patient-Driven Sarcoma Research - 23andMe".
  16. ^ "Abraham – HarperCollins site". Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  17. ^ Feiler, Bruce (October 12, 2009). "How Moses Shaped America". Time. Archived from the original on October 5, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2010.

External links[edit]

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