GENE STONE
New York, NY
genestone@aol.com
1988-PRESENT: FREELANCE WRITER:
More than thirty books, some of which can't be revealed due to confidentiality; others include:
Start Something That Matters, Random House, 2011 (Ghostwriter for TOMS shoes founder Blake Mycoskie). #1 New York Times Bestseller
Forks Over Knives, The Experiment, 2011 (Tie-in book to documentary Forks Over Knives). # 1 New York Times Bestseller
The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick, Workman, 2010. Translation rights sold to 21 countries
The Engine 2 Diet, Grand Central, 2009 (Ghostwriter for vegan firefighter Rip Esselstyn). New York Times Bestseller
The Watch, Harry N. Abrams, 2006. "The definitive book on the wristwatch." 5th printing December 2010
The Bush Survival Bible, Random House, 2004. New York Times Bestseller, #1 Washington Post Bestseller
UltraPrevention, Scribners, 2003 (Ghostwriter for Mark Hyman and Mark Liponis, the medical directors of Canyon Ranch). New York Times Bestseller
Love is the Killer App, Crown Business, 2002 (Ghostwriter for Yahoo! Chief Solutions Officer Tim Sanders). New York Times Bestseller
Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman, Broadway Books, 2000 (Ghostwriter for CNN executive vice president Gail Evans). New York Times Bestseller
Little Girl Fly Away, Simon and Schuster, 1994
A Reader's Companion to Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Bantam, 1992 (With astrophysicist Stephen Hawking)
MAGAZINES:
Articles for New York, Playboy, Esquire, Vogue, Elle, Inc, etc.
Columns for Esquire, GQ, Premiere, etc.
MEDIA:
Appearances on numerous national television and radio shows--from Oprah to CBS Sunday Morning, Geraldo to ABC News, The Doctors to Studio 360--and hundreds of local television and radio programs
INTERNET:
2005-2009: Blogger, The Huffingtonpost.com
2000-2004: Webmaster, Bushtimes.com
RETAIL:
2009-2010: Co-founder, STÖGO, New York's first dairy-free ice cream store
MOVIES:
1998: Co-executive Producer, CBS TV-Movie Little Girl Fly Away, Longbow Productions
PUBLISHING:
1987: Editor-in-chief, California Magazine
1986-1987: Consulting Editor, Los Angeles Times
1985-1986: Consulting Editor, Inc. Magazine
1985-1986: West Coast Editor, Simon and Schuster
1982-1985: Senior Editor, Esquire Magazine
1980-1982: Senior Editor, Bantam Books
1976-1980: Editor, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
EDUCATION:
MA 1974: Harvard; English and American Literature
BA. 1973: Stanford; English Literature
MISCELLANEOUS
1974-1976: Peace Corps: co-chairman, English Department, University of Niamey, Niger, West Africa
1980: Founding Member, Rotisserie (Fantasy) Baseball League
1981: Director, Rice University Publishing Course
BOARD OF ADVISORS:
2012 - : Net Minds
Net Minds is a group publishing platform that enables authors to build effective teams around their books, an approach that delivers the autonomy of self-publishing along with the quality of corporate publishing.
BOARDS OF DIRECTORS:
2009-2013: Surgeons Over Seas (SOS)
SOS saves lives in developing countries by improving surgical care. SOS achieves this through collaborative training, funding, and research initiatives www.humanitariansurgery.org.
2007-2012: Truth Wins Out (TWO)
TWO is a non-profit think tank and educational organization that defends the GLBT community against anti-gay misinformation http://www.truthwinsout.org/.
COLLECTIONS:
See travel watches at -- www.mytravelwatches.com
See Hodinkee article at -- www.hodinkee.com/features/2012/1/11/traveling-with-time.html
OTHER GHOSTWRITTEN BOOKS INCLUDE:
The Halo Effect: How Volunteering Can Lead to a More Fulfilling Life and a Better Career with Outward Bound CEO John Raynolds (1998); Saving the World at Work: What Companies and Individuals Can Do to Go Beyond Making a Profit to Making a Difference (2008) with Yahoo! CSO Tim Sanders; Kindred Spirits: How the Remarkable Bond Between Humans and Animals Can Change the Way We Live (2002) with veterinarian Allen Shoen; Ultralongevity: The Seven Step Program for a Younger, Healthier You (2007) with Canyon Ranch Medical Director Mark Liponis; Memoirs of a Counter-Revolutionary by Arturo Cruz Jr. (1989); Dr. Fulford's Touch of Life by osteopath Dr. Robert Fulford (1997)