Harry Stein (author), Date of Birth

Harry Stein (author)

American writer

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1948

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Harry J.
Stein (born November 25, 1948) is an American author and columnist.
As of 2009, he is a contributing editor to the political magazine City Journal.Stein is a graduate of Pomona College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Stein wrote for Ramparts and New Times magazines in the 1970s, and originated Esquire's "Ethics" column in the 1980s.
During the 1990s he wrote a column on television ethics for TV Guide.
As part of the New York media scene of the early 1980s he was a member of the inaugural Rotisserie League formed by Daniel Okrent. He is the author of novels and memoirs, including satirical political commentary related to his transition from liberal to conservative viewpoints.
His first book, Tiny Tim, a biography of the entertainer, was published in 1976. Stein's father, the late Joseph Stein, was a famous Broadway librettist/playwright, best known for Fiddler on the Roof.