Bill Geist
Geist is a best-selling author of five books: The Big Five-Oh!; Little League Confidential; Monster Trucks and Hair-In-A-Can -- Who Says America Doesn't Make Anything Anymore?; City Slickers; and The Zucchini Plague And Other Tales of Suburbia.
Geist is a native of Champaign, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois' College of Communications (Champaign-Urbana) in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree, and received a Master of Arts degree in Communications from the University of Missouri (Columbia) in 1971.
Geist served as a combat photographer with the First Infantry Division in Vietnam. He began his career in journalism in 1972 as a reporter/ columnist with The Chicago Tribune, and in 1980 moved to The New York Times, where he wrote the About New York column. In 1987, he became a correspondent with CBS.
Times' columnist Russell Baker says "Geist makes me laugh"; Larry King describes Geist as "very, very, very funny"; and the late Charles Kurait called Geist's last book "the funniest I've ever read."
Geist has won numerous awards for his work in television, newspapers, and magazines, but seems most proud of taking third in the Illinois State Fair Bake Off.
Geist is a best-selling author of five books: The Big Five-Oh!; Little League Confidential; Monster Trucks and Hair-In-A-Can -- Who Says America Doesn't Make Anything Anymore?; City Slickers; and The Zucchini Plague And Other Tales of Suburbia.
Geist is a native of Champaign, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois' College of Communications (Champaign-Urbana) in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree, and received a Master of Arts degree in Communications from the University of Missouri (Columbia) in 1971.
Geist served as a combat photographer with the First Infantry Division in Vietnam. He began his career in journalism in 1972 as a reporter/ columnist with The Chicago Tribune, and in 1980 moved to The New York Times, where he wrote the About New York column. In 1987, he became a correspondent with CBS.
Times' columnist Russell Baker says "Geist makes me laugh"; Larry King describes Geist as "very, very, very funny"; and the late Charles Kurait called Geist's last book "the funniest I've ever read."
Geist has won numerous awards for his work in television, newspapers, and magazines, but seems most proud of taking third in the Illinois State Fair Bake Off.
