Nicholas A Basbanes

Nicholas A. Basbanes is an American author and award-winning investigative journalist born in Lowell, Massachusetts, who writes extensively about books and book culture. He is known for critically acclaimed works of cultural history such as A Gentle Madness and On Paper, with a particular emphasis on print culture and bibliophilia. Basbanes served as a naval officer in the Tonkin Gulf and later as literary editor of the Worcester Sunday Telegram before becoming a nationally syndicated columnist on books.