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Gene Stone (born October 6, 1951) is an American writer and editor known for his books on
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and plant-based food.


Early life and editorial career

Gene Stone grew up in the Westchester County suburb of
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, the son of lawyer Henry Stone and author/editor
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, and the brother of James Stone, founder and CEO of Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation. . His godfather was one of his mother’s best friends, humorist
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, and that was the secret that had Gene featured on Henry’s television show, I’ve Got a Secret, when Gene was three years old. He cried throughout the entire segment. He did better in school. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford and receiving his masters in English Literature from Harvard, Stone joined the
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, where he spent two years in the
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, where he edited a wide range of books including Patricia Bosworth's biography of
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. He then worked at Bantam Books, where he helped launch its hardcover division by acquiring such books as Albert Goldman's biography of
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and
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's autobiography. Next, he worked as a senior editor at '' Esquire'', editing authors ranging from Alan Furst and Bobbie Ann Mason to Michael Kinsley and Joel Kotkin. He then moved to
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, where he was West Coast editor of
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, a consulting editor at the ''
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'', and editor in chief of ''
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''.


Writing career

In 1988 Stone began a career as a writer and
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. He has written extensively for magazines, including '' New York'' ''Esquire'', ''GQ'', and ''Vogue'', but eventually dedicated his livelihood to books. His first ghostwritten project was for the Nicaraguan politician Arturo Cruz Jr., ''Memoirs of a Counter-Revolutionary'' (1988). Since then Stone has written more than forty books with a diverse group of people, including theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, former
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Chief Solutions Officer Tim Sanders, medical director of Canyon Ranch Resorts Mark Liponis, CNN executive vice-president
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, and TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie (The #1 ''
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'' bestseller ''Start Something That Matters)''. Stone has written many other books under his own name, including, ''The Secret of People Who Never Get Sick'', which has been translated into more than 30 languages; and ''Little Girl Fly Away'', which he co-produced as a television movie. An avid watch collector, Stone appeared on '' CBS News Sunday Morning'' (October 29, 2006) discussing his book, ''The Watch'', the definitive book of men's wristwatches. The book was thoroughly updated and published in a new edition in 2018 with a new co-author, Hodinkee.com managing editor Stephen Pulvirent. Stone has also written a number of instant books for various publishers on presidential politics, including the #1 ''Washington Post'' bestseller ''The Bush Survival Bible'' and the #1 ''Los Angeles Times'' bestseller ''The Trump Survival Guide''. Stone serves on the board of several not-for-profit organizations, including Surgeons Over Seas (SOS), which saves lives in developing countries by improving surgical care, and Truth Will Out (TWO), a non-profit think tank and educational organization that defends the
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community against anti-gay misinformation. He has also written about his own experiences with conversion therapy and sexual surrogacy for
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, (The Tiger Cure


Plant-based writing

In 2006 Stone, a vegan, met firefighter Rip Esselstyn, and the two of them collaborated on the hugely successful book about a low-fat, whole foods, plant-based diet, The Engine 2 Diet, which in turn was the basis of a product line at
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. They then co-wrote two bestselling sequels. Under his own name, Stone wrote the companion book to the documentary ''
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'', a film which also explores plant-based diets that was a #1 ''New York Times'' bestseller. Over the last fifteen years Stone has ghostwritten, co-written, or authored many other books on plant-based diets and their relationship to health, animal protection, and the environment, many of which have been national bestsellers. These include ''Living the Farm Sanctuary Life'', with
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President and Co-founder
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; ''How Not To Die'' with Dr. Michael Greger (which was followed up with a cookbook); ''Mercy for Animals'' (with Mercy for Animals founder Nathan Runkle); Animalkind (co-authored with PETA co-founder
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); ''Eat for the Planet'' and ''Eat for the Planet Cookbook'' (co-authored with www.onegreenplanet.com founder Nil Zacharias); ''Rescue Dogs'', with undercover animal investigator Pete Paxton; ''Healthy at Last'', with
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, Mayor of New York City; and ''72 Reasons to be Vegan'' with Kathy Freston.


Works

*1989 ''Memoirs of a Counter-Revolutionary'' (Ghostwriter for Arturo Cruz), Doubleday, *1992 ''Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time: A Reader’s Companion'' (in collaboration with Stephen Hawking), Bantam, *1994 ''Little Girl Fly Away'', Simon & Schuster, *1997 ''Dr Fulford's Touch of Life'' (co-writer with osteopath Robert C. Fulford), Gallery, *1998 ''The Halo Effect: How Volunteering Can Lead to a More Fulfilling Life and a Better Career'' (co-written with Outward Bound CEO John Reynolds), Golden Books Adult Publishing, *2000 ''Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman'' (Ghostwriter with CNN executive VP Gail Evans), Broadway, *2002 ''Kindred Spirits: How the Remarkable Bond Between Humans and Animals Can Change the Way we Live'', (Ghostwriter for veterinarian Allen Shoen), Broadway, *2002 ''Love is the Killer App'' (Ghostwriter for Yahoo! Chief Solutions Officer Tim Sanders), Crown Business, *2003 ''UltraPrevention'' (Ghostwriter for Mark Hyman and Mark Liponis- Medical Directors of Canyon Ranch), Scribners, *2004 ''The Bush Survival Bible'', Villard, *2006 ''The Watch – First Edition'', Harry N. Abrams, *2007 ''Ultralongevity: The Seven Step Program for a Younger, Healthier You'' (co-writer with Canyon Ranch Medical Director Mark Liponis), Little, Brown and Company, *2007 ''Duck! The Dick Cheney Survival Bible'', Villard, *2008 ''Saving the World at Work'' (Ghostwriter for Yahoo! CSO Tim Sanders), Crown Business, *2009 ''The Engine 2 Diet'' (written with Rip Esselstyn), Grand Central, *2010 ''The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick'', Workman, *2011 ''Start Something That Matters'' (Ghostwriter for TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie), Random House, *2011 ''Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health'' (Editor), The Experiment *2013 ''Finding the Next Steve Jobs'' (Co-author with Atari and Chuck E. Cheese Founder Nolan Bushnell), Simon & Schuster, *2013 ''My Beef With Meat'' (Ghostwriter for Rip Esselstyn), Grand Central, *2014 ''The Awareness'' (co-written with Jon Doyle)'', Stone, *2015 ''How Not to Die'' (co-written with Michael Greger) Flatiron, *2015 ''Living the Farm Sanctuary Life'' (co-written with Farm Sanctuary founder Gene Baur) Rodale, *2017 ''The Trump Survival Guide'' Dey Street, *2017 ''Mercy for Animals'' (co-writer with Mercy for Animals founder Nathan Runkle), Avery, *2017 ''The How Not do Die Cookbook'' (Co-writer with Michael Greger, M.D.), Flatiron, *2018 ''Eat for the Planet'' (co-writer with OneGreenPlanet.org founder Nil Zacharias), Abrams *2018 ''The Watch, Thoroughly Revised'' (co-writer with Stephen Pulvirent), Abrams,


References


External links


Stone's home page
*Stone's appearance o
CBS News Sunday Morning
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