About
An author and one-time war correspondent, he is best known for his 1977 memoir, Dispatches, which details his time as a Vietnam War reporter for Esquire magazine. His other published works include The Big Room: Forty-Eight Portraits from the Golden Age (1987) and Walter Winchell: A Novel (1990).
Before Fame
Early in his career, he wrote a feature on rock musician Ted Nugent for Crawdaddy magazine.
Trivia
He and Stanley Kubrick co-wrote the Full Metal Jacket screenplay.
Family Life
He was born in Syracuse, New York. He married Valerie Herr.
Associated With
Both he and cartoonist Sam Gross have been affiliated with Esquire magazine.
