12 Facts About Dean Kuipers

Dean Kuipers was born on March 1964 and is an American journalist and author.

Dean Kuipers is best known for his writing on the environment.

Dean Kuipers's book Burning Rainbow Farm was selected as a 2007 Michigan Notable Book.

Dean Kuipers lived in Marysville, Washington and Everett, Washington before his family relocated to West Michigan.

Dean Kuipers earned a degree in English from Kalamazoo College in 1987.

In 1987 Dean Kuipers moved to New York City to work at Ear Magazine, an avant-garde music publication.

Dean Kuipers became a staff writer at Spin in 1989.

Dean Kuipers reported on local politics, and he and a girlfriend were beaten by police while he was covering the Tompkins Square Park riot in 1988.

In 1994, Dean Kuipers moved to Los Angeles to work for Ray Gun, where he helped launch several other lifestyle titles.

Dean Kuipers worked with artist Doug Aitken on his 1997 film, Diamond Sea, and other films.

Dean Kuipers became the founding news editor of alternative newsweekly LA CityBeat in 2004.

Dean Kuipers joined the Los Angeles Times in 2007 as a digital edition editor, then worked as a music editor and ran Greenspace, a blog operated by the city of Seattle.