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born: "1 November 1954"
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# Buzz Bissinger

Writer. Born 1 November 1954 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 November 1954, New York City, New York, USA

## Biography

Harry Gerard 'Buzz' Bissinger III is an American journalist and author. Born in New York City on 1 November 1954, he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976. He began his career as a reporter for newspapers including the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

In 1987, Bissinger shared a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for a series on corruption in the Philadelphia court system. He later moved to Odessa, Texas, where he wrote the 1990 non-fiction book *Friday Night Lights*. He has been a contributing editor at *Vanity Fair* since the mid-1990s and wrote the 1998 article 'Shattered Glass'.

Bissinger co-wrote teleplays and stories for the television series *NYPD Blue* in its eighth season. His other books include *A Prayer for the City* (1997) and *Three Nights in August* (2005).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, pabook.libraries.psu.edu, buzzbissinger.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *NYPD Blue* (1993), Fi1m 82, Story, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)

## Also known for

- *Friday Night Lights* (2004), Novel
- *Shattered Glass* (2003), Other
- *Shooting Stars* (2023), Book

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