Joel SambergJoel began in journalism at age 17 as a stringer for his hometown newspaper on Long Island, and continued training in college as a reporter and arts reviewer. His first position after college was as an assistant editor on trade magazines, and he thenmoved into marketing communications for several firms as an account executive, public relations manager and employee communications writer. As a journalist, his work has appeared in Connecticut Magazine, Pittsburgh Magazine and dozens of others. He is the author of the 2019 novel Blowin' in the Wind as well as four nonfiction books including Some Kind of Lonely Clown: The Music, Memory & Melancholy Lives of Karen Carpenter, which followed a report about Ms. Carpenter that he wrote and narrated for NPR's All Things Considered. Read More Read Less