Neil Strauss moved on to The Village Voice, where, prior to becoming a reporter and critic, he took on tasks ranging from copyediting to fact-checking to writing copy.
19 Facts About Neil Strauss
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Neil Strauss has been identified as Jewish by The Jewish Journal.
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Neil Strauss was invited by Jon Pareles to become a music critic at The New York Times where he wrote the Pop Life column and front-page stories on Wal-Mart's CD-editing policies, music censorship, radio payola, and the lost wax figures of country music stars.
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Neil Strauss was then invited by Jann Wenner to become a contributing editor at Rolling Stone where he wrote cover stories on Kurt Cobain, Madonna, Tom Cruise, Orlando Bloom, the Wu-Tang Clan, Gwen Stefani, Stephen Colbert, and Marilyn Manson.
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Neil Strauss contributed to Esquire, Maxim, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, Details, and The Source in addition to writing liner notes for albums by Nirvana and others.
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Neil Strauss appeared on various TV shows, including The View and ABC Primetime, and he participated in many book signings.
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Neil Strauss denied the Williams rumor, but confirmed his breakup with Leveridge on his mailing list a few months later.
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Neil Strauss worked with James Gandolfini on a show, Roadies, for HBO.
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Neil Strauss has continued to be involved with pickup artistry through his dating coaching company Stylelife Academy, founded in 2007.
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Neil Strauss is credited with popularizing the pick-up artist community and making its existence widely known.
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In March 2015, Neil Strauss had a child and shared the news on his website, along with information on his new book, The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships, which was released on October 13,2015.
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Neil Strauss and Ingrid De La O divorced in October 2018.
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In February 2020, Neil Strauss confirmed his divorce from Ingrid De La O on Gabrielle Reece's podcast and talked about his life after his divorce among other things.
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On March 4,2009, The New York Times wrote that Neil Strauss had started his own publishing company, Igniter, as an imprint of HarperCollins.
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Neil Strauss received the presidents Volunteer Service Award for his search-and-rescue work during the writing of Emergency.
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Neil Strauss's 2011 release entitled Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys Into Fame and Madness was a New York Times bestseller.
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Neil Strauss's 2015 release entitled The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships was a New York Times bestseller.
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On December 5,2021, Neil Strauss became the first mainstream author to mint a book on Ethereum titled Survive All Apocalypses: From Machine Uprisings to Bear Markets.
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Neil Strauss has a chapter of advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.