A Prayer for the City

Harry Gerard Bissinger III, also known as H. G. Bissinger and Buzz Bissinger , is an American journalist and author, best known for his non-fiction book Friday Night Lights. He graduated from the Phillips Academy in 1972 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976, where he was a... sports and opinion editor for The Daily Pennsylvanian. While writing for The Philadelphia Inquirer he won the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for his story on corruption in the Philadelphia court system in 1987. In 1998 his article "Shattered Glass," an exposé of the career of New Republic writer Stephen Glass, was published in the magazine Vanity Fair, where he is a contributing editor. The article was later adapted for the 2003 film of the same name. His magazine work has also appeared in the New York Times and Sports Illustrated. Bissinger's article for Vanity Fair, "Gone with the Wind" about the saga of 2006 Kentucky Derby Winner Barbaro, has been optioned by Universal Pictures. Bissinger's most recent article in Vanity Fair, "Inventing Ford Country" details the role Monument Valley played in the birth of American cinema.
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