Background
Wasserman, Steve was born on August 3, 1952 in Vancouver, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Abraham and Ann (Dragoon) Wasserman.
Wasserman, Steve was born on August 3, 1952 in Vancouver, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Abraham and Ann (Dragoon) Wasserman.
Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, University of California, Berkeley, 1974.
Assistant editor City Magazine of San Francisco, 1975—1976. Deputy editor opinion section Los Angeles Times, 1977—1983. Editor-in-chief New Republic Books The New Republic, New York City, 1984—1987.
Public, editorial director Hill and Wang division Farrar, Straus and Giroux Inc., 1987—1990. Public The Noonday Press division Farrar, Straus and Giroux Inc., 1987—1990. Editorial director Times Books division Random House, 1990—1996.
Editor Los Angeles Times Book Review, 1996—2005. Managing director Kneerim & Williams at Fish & Richardson, New York City, since 2005. Literature editor www.truthdig.com, since 2007.
Consultant editor The Threepenny Review, Berkeley, California, 1980—1986, Tikkun, Oakland, California, 1986—1990. Founder, co-director Los Angeles Institute for Humanities, University Southern California, 1998—2005. Fellow New York Institute for Humanities, New York University, since 2006.
Donald and Doris Fischer lecturer Graduate School of Journalism University California Berkeley, 1999. Instructor, master professional writing program University Southern California, 2000—2005. Adjunct professor department journalism New York University, 2007—2008.
Co-director Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, 1997—2005. Chair Pulitzer Prize Nominating Jury for General Nonfiction, 2001. Member Pulitzer Prize Nominating Jury for Fiction, 2003.
Board directors National Book Critics Circuit, 1997—2005. Member jury literature prizes Commonwealth Club California, 2001—2006.
Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.
Married Michelle Krisel, March 7, 1982 (divorced December 2001). Children: Claire, Paul, Isaac. Married Jodi Faith Cahn, August 11, 2002.
1 child, Mira.
