Mark Seal

Mark Seal is an American journalist and author. Seal worked as a journalist in Texas before becoming a freelance magazine writer in 1984, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair since 2003, and has written and co-written about 15 books.[1] Seal's magazine writings have appeared in Esquire, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Condé Nast Traveler, Golf Digest, Texas Monthly, InStyle, Town & Country, Time, and The New York Times.[1] Prior to 1984 when Seal became a freelance magazine writer, he worked as a reporter at several Texas newspapers, including the Houston Chronicle and The Dallas Morning News.[1]

Mark Seal
BornUnited States
OccupationJournalist, author
GenreJournalism, non-fiction

Seal has collaborated on more than 15 non-fiction books, including Alex Spanos's Sharing the Wealth, Bo Derek's Riding Lessons, and Jerry Speziale's Without a Badge: Undercover in the World's Deadliest Criminal Organization.[1] He has written a number of books including Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa (2009), a biography of the adventurous life of African wildlife photographer Joan Root.[1] His 2011 book, The Man in the Rockefeller Suit, is about Christian Gerhartsreiter, the serial imposter who posed as a member of the Rockefeller family in what has been described as one of the longest scams in history.[2] The book is in preliminary development to be made into a movie by Fox Searchlight, directed by Walter Salles and produced by Donald De Line.[3]

Bibliography

Books

  • Seal, Mark (2009). Wildflower : an extraordinary life and untimely death in Africa. New York: Random House.
  • (2011). The man in the Rockefeller suit : the astonishing rise and spectacular fall of a serial impostor. New York: Viking.
  • (2016). Raising the bar : the life and work of Gerald D. Hines. Bainbridge Island, Washington: Fenwick Publishing.
  • (2019). The Devil and Harper Lee. Scribd Originals. ISBN 9781645399728.
  • (2021). Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather. Gallery Books. ISBN 9781982158590.

Essays and reporting

See also

References

  1. Mark Seal, bio page at Vanity Fair
  2. Michiko Kakutani. "Fooling Them All With a Big Name", New York Times Book Review, June 6, 2011
  3. Dave McNary (January 31, 2013). "Walter Salles in talks for 'Rockefeller Suit'". Variety. Retrieved February 27, 2013.
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