AUTHOR'S BIO

David Sheff is the author of Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction, based on his article “My Addicted Son,” which appeared in the New York Times Magazine. The article won a special award for Outstanding Contribution to Advancing the Understanding of Addictions from the American Psychological Association.  Beautiful Boy, a number-1 New York Times Best Seller, was named the Best Nonfiction Book of 2008 by Entertainment Weekly and it won first place in the 2009 Barnes and Noble Discover Award in nonfiction.  Sheff's research and writing about this subject is ongoing; he contributed to HBO's Addiction: Why Can’t They Just Stop and is writing a new book about mental health and addiction care in America. In 2009, Sheff was named to the Time 100, Time Magazine's list of the World's Most Influential People.
 
Sheff has written for the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Playboy, Wired, and other magazines. His previous books include Game Over, China Dawn, and All We Are Saying.