Jeff Burlingame
Encyclopedia
Jeff Burlingame is an American author of several books, and the executive director and co-founder of the Kurt Cobain Memorial Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to memorializing the late Nirvana frontman
in his hometown of Aberdeen.
. He moved to The Daily World
in 1997, becoming the Aberdeen paper's arts and entertainment editor shortly thereafter. In that capacity, he won numerous awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2006, Burlingame became a copy editor for The News Tribune in Tacoma
.
Later that year, Burlingame’s first book, Kurt Cobain: Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind, was published. The book won recognition from the New York Public Library as a Book for the Teen Age in 2007, and received rave reviews from publications across the United States. Following the success of his first book, Burlingame began working as a full-time author. In the years since, he has written more than a dozen other books, including an unauthorized biography of Malcolm X
, which was nominated for a coveted NAACP Image Award, alongside the works of Walter Dean Myers
, Sharon Draper
, Rita Williams-Garcia
, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
.
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana...
in his hometown of Aberdeen.
Writing career
Jeff Burlingame began his professional writing career as a general assignment reporter for The Willapa Harbor Herald newspaper in Raymond, WashingtonRaymond, Washington
Raymond is a city in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 2,975 at the 2000 census and decreased 3.1% to 2,882 at the 2010 census. The town's economy is based on logging and fishing, together with a limited amount of tourism....
. He moved to The Daily World
The Daily World
The Daily World is the leading daily newspaper in Aberdeen, Washington, United States. Serving Grays Harbor County and northern Pacific County counties since 1889, The Daily World is the only daily newspaper on the coast of Washington state....
in 1997, becoming the Aberdeen paper's arts and entertainment editor shortly thereafter. In that capacity, he won numerous awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2006, Burlingame became a copy editor for The News Tribune in Tacoma
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
.
Later that year, Burlingame’s first book, Kurt Cobain: Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind, was published. The book won recognition from the New York Public Library as a Book for the Teen Age in 2007, and received rave reviews from publications across the United States. Following the success of his first book, Burlingame began working as a full-time author. In the years since, he has written more than a dozen other books, including an unauthorized biography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X
Malcolm X , born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz , was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its...
, which was nominated for a coveted NAACP Image Award, alongside the works of Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers
Walter Dean Myers is an African American author of young adult literature. Myers has written over fifty books, including novels and nonfiction works. He has won the Coretta Scott King Award for African American authors five times...
, Sharon Draper
Sharon Draper
Sharon M. Draper is an African-American author who has won multiple awards for her books, including the Coretta Scott King Award for Forged by Fire and Copper Sun ....
, Rita Williams-Garcia
Rita Williams-Garcia
Rita Williams-Garcia is an American young adult novelist.She won the 2011 Newbery Honor Award, Coretta Scott King Award, and Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction for her book, One Crazy Summer...
, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
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