Summary: What makes a biography special? Is it enough that the subject has lived an interesting or famous life? This week we visit with Bob Andelman, author of Will Eisner: A Spirited Life, who tackles these questions and more. It's a long interview, but Bob was so fascinating that I insisted he keep talking. I would have kept him longer, but I started to feel guilty. Please join us and see why I couldn't stop. Bob Andelman is the author or co-author of several best-selling biographical, business, management and sports books, including, Will Eisner: A Spirited Life, The Profit Zone, Built From Scratch, Mean Business, and five others. He has also written hundreds of newspaper and magazine stories for a vast array of publications ranging from Redbook and the St. Petersburg Times to Gallery. Join us for this riveting interview in which Bob discusses: * How he came to write the book * How he went about interviewing Will Eisner and the people who knew him * How he organized his research * How he dealt with difficult interviewees * How he decided what to put in the book and what to leave out * Whether he worried about being sued * What makes a great biography * What you should never, ever do when writing a biography * How he feels about including his own opinion * How he's marketing the book * What it was like to work with the great Will Eisner.
