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'''James Kaplan''' (born 1951) is an [[United States|American]] [[novelist]], [[journalist]], and [[biographer]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Worth |first=Marcia |url=http://southorange.patch.com/articles/jersey-boys-james-kaplan-talks-sinatra-and-south-orange |title=Jersey Boys: James Kaplan talks Sinatra and South Orange - South Orange, NJ Patch |publisher=Southorange.patch.com |date=2010-11-28 |accessdate=2012-09-03}}</ref> He was born in New York City and grew up in rural Pennsylvania and suburban New Jersey. He matriculated at [[New York University]] and graduated from [[Wesleyan University]] in 1973 with a degree in studio art.<ref name="wesleyan1">{{cite web|url=http://www.wesleyan.edu/newsrel/media/voices/kaplan.html |title=Video: Author James Kaplan ’73 on Wesleyan - Voices of Wesleyan - Wesleyan University |publisher=Wesleyan.edu |date=2011-01-31 |accessdate=2012-09-03}}</ref> After graduation, Kaplan studied painting at the New York Studio School in Greenwich Village. He is the brother of editor [[Peter Kaplan]].▼
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'''James C. Kaplan''' (born September 10, 1951) is an American [[novelist]], [[journalist]], and [[biographer]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Worth |first=Marcia |url=http://southorange.patch.com/articles/jersey-boys-james-kaplan-talks-sinatra-and-south-orange |title=Jersey Boys: James Kaplan talks Sinatra and South Orange - South Orange, NJ Patch |publisher=Southorange.patch.com |date=2010-11-28 |access-date=2012-09-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312172550/http://southorange.patch.com/articles/jersey-boys-james-kaplan-talks-sinatra-and-south-orange |archive-date=2012-03-12 }}</ref>
In the mid-1970s, he worked as a typist at ''[[The New Yorker]]'' Magazine, where he came under the tutelage of the writer and editor [[William Keepers Maxwell, Jr.|William Maxwell]]. In the late 70s and early 80s, he published a number of short stories in The New Yorker. In the mid 80s, Kaplan worked for several years as a screenwriter for [[Warner Brothers]]. Since the late 1980s, he has been a writer of magazine profiles for ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', ''[[New York Magazine]]'', ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]'', ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', and ''The New Yorker'', among others.▼
==Biography==
He is the author of the following books, amongst other works:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paperbackswap.com/James-Kaplan/author/ |title=James Kaplan: , and a List of Books by Author James Kaplan |publisher=Paperbackswap.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-03}}</ref>▼
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▲In the mid-1970s, he worked as a typist at ''[[The New Yorker]]'' Magazine, where he came under the tutelage of the writer and editor [[William Keepers Maxwell, Jr.|William Maxwell]]. In the late
▲He is the author of the following books, amongst other works:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paperbackswap.com/James-Kaplan/author/ |title=James Kaplan: , and a List of Books by Author James Kaplan |publisher=Paperbackswap.com |access-date
*''Sinatra: The Chairman'' (2015)
* ''Frank: The Voice'' (2010) (selected by [[Michiko Kakutani]] of The New York Times as one of her Top 10 Books of 2010)
* ''Two Guys from Verona: A Novel of Suburbia'' (1999) (held in almost 700 libraries according to [[WorldCat]]), a New York Times Notable Book of the Year<ref name="James Kaplan">{{cite web|url=http://www.narrativemagazine.com/node/255 |title=James Kaplan |date=6 June 2008 |publisher=Narrative Magazine |access-date
* ''The Airport: Terminal Nights and Runway Days at John F. Kennedy International'' (1994)
* ''Pearl's Progress'' (1989)
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He is the co-author of the following biographies:
* With [[Jerry Lewis]], a memoir of Lewis's relationship with [[Dean Martin]], ''Dean & Me (A Love Story)'' (2005) (held in over 1300 libraries according to [[WorldCat]])<ref>{{cite
* With [[John McEnroe]], ''[[You Cannot Be Serious]]'' (2002) (held in over 1400 libraries according to [[WorldCat]])<ref>{{cite
Kaplan's fiction has been compared, by [[Francine Prose]]<ref>{{
==Personal life==
Kaplan lives in [[Hastings-on-Hudson, New York]] with his wife and son.
==References==▼
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==External links==
*[http://www.jameskaplan.net
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385518048&ref=rec&name=search/ Random House page for ''Frank: The Voice'']
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