Background
Begley is the son of Sally (Higginson) and novelist Louis Begley.
Begley is the son of Sally (Higginson) and novelist Louis Begley.
He graduated from Harvard College, and from Stanford University with a Doctor of Philosophy in 1989.
His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, and the Financial Times. He wrote a biography of author John Updike, published by HarperCollins in 2014.