Buzz Bissinger

About the Author

After attending Phillips Academy and the University of Pennsylvania, Bissinger worked as a journalist at the Philadelphia Inquirer and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting in that city. Bissinger’s Friday Night Lights was named “the best football book of all time” by Sports Illustrated. He has written articles on journalistic plagiarism, essays about his life and family, and other works of political and social criticism and sports storytelling. His books include: Father’s Day, Shooting Stars, 3 Nights in August, and A Prayer for the City.

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Friday Night Lights

In Friday Night Lights, reporter and writer Buzz Bissinger, from Philadelphia, moves with his family to West Texas during the 1988 Permian High School football season. Bissinger intends to documen... view guide