Connie Bruck

Connie Bruck has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1989. She writes about business and politics.

In 1996, Bruck’s Profile of Newt Gingrich, “The Politics of Perception,” won the National Magazine Award for Reporting. She has twice won the Front Page Award from the Newswomen’s Club of New York, first for her 1990 article “Deal of the Year” and second for her 1997 article about Tupac Shakur. She has also won a 1991 Gerald Loeb Award for excellence in business reporting and the 1991 National Magazine Award for Reporting.

Before joining The New Yorker, Bruck was a staff writer at The American Lawyer for nine years. Her stories have also appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Atlantic Monthly. Her article on Ivan Boesky in the Atlantic won the 1984 John Hancock Award for excellence in business and financial reporting.

Bruck is the author of three books: “Master of the Game,” about Steve Ross and Time Warner; “The Predators’ Ball,” about junk-bond impresario Michael Milken; and “When Hollywood Had a King,” about Lew Wasserman and MCA.

Bruck lives in Los Angeles.