Gavin Edwards (born 1968) is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. He has written 14 books, including ''The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing,'' and ''Bad Motherfucker:The Life and Movies of Samuel L. Jackson, the Coolest Man in Hollywood''. He co-wrote ''MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios'', a ''New York Times'' bestseller published in 2023.

Early life and education

Edwards was born in New York to Scilla and James Edwards. He graduated from

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in 1990 with a BA in English.

Career

Focused primarily on music, Edwards began working as a contributing editor and associate editor at '' Details'' in 1991. He later wrote for ''Wired'', the ''New York Times'' and ''Rolling Stone'', where, as a contributing editor, he wrote 12 cover stories. In 1995,

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published the first of Edwards' five books on misheard lyrics, ''Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy''. Edwards' 2016 book, ''The Tao of Bill Murray'', consisted of a brief biography of

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, a 106-page filmography of 59 films, and a breakdown of the "10 Principles of Bill," a "kind of existentialist/Zen mashup that preaches a heightened awareness of the present."

Personal life

Edwards and his wife, curator Jennifer Sudul Edwards, live in Charlotte, North Carolina with their two sons.

Bibliography

*''MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios'', with Joanna Robinson and Dave Gonzales; Liverlight, October 2023 *'' Bad Motherfucker: The Life and Movies of Samuel L. Jackson, the Coolest Man in Hollywood''; Hachette; October 2021; * ''Kindness and Wonder: Why Mister Rogers Matters Now More Than Ever''; Dey St.; October 2019; * ''The World According to Tom Hanks: The Life, the Obsessions, the Good Deeds of America's Most Decent Guy''; Grand Central Publishing; October 2018; * ''The Beautiful Book of Exquisite Corpses: A Creative Game of Limitless Possibilities''; Penguin Books, August 2018 * ''The Tao of Bill Murray: Real-Life Stories of Joy, Enlightenment, and Party Crashing''; Random House; September 2016. * ''Can I Say: Living Large, Cheating Death, and Drums Drums Drums'' (by

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with Gavin Edwards); HarperCollins; October 2015 * ''Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind''; It Books; October 2013 * ''VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave'' (with

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, Mark Goodman, Alan Hunter,

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); Atria Books; May 2013 * ''Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton's Little John?: Music's Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed''; Three Rivers Press; August 2006 * ''Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly: And Other Misheard Christmas Lyrics''; HarperPerennial; October 1998 * ''When a Man Loves a Walnut: And Even More Misheard Lyrics''; Fireside; November 1997 * ''He's Got the Whole World in his Pants: And More Misheard Lyrics''; Fireside; November 1996 * '' 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy: And Other Misheard Lyrics''; Fireside; April 1995

References

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