ABOUT FRANK

“Frank Bruni is one of my favorite people in the world.”

— Oprah Winfrey, praising The Beauty of Dusk

Frank Bruni has been a prominent journalist for more than three decades, principally at The New York Times, where his various roles have included op-ed columnist, White House correspondent, Rome bureau chief and chief restaurant critic. (His archive of columns, starting with the most recent, can be found here.) He was the Times’s first openly gay op-ed columnist and in 2016 was honored by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association with the Randy Shilts Award for his lifetime contribution to L.G.B.T.Q. equality. He has made frequent televisions appearances, including on The Daily Show, Late Night with Seth Meyers and Real Time with Bill Maher. He also writes books. The Age of Grievance, published in late April 2024, became his fifth New York Times best seller; his previous best sellers include his memoir The Beauty of Dusk, about his medical, emotional and spiritual journey after a stroke in late 2017 diminished and imperiled his eyesight, and Where You Go Is Not Who You’ll Be, about the college admissions mania. In July 2021, he became a full professor at Duke University, teaching media-oriented classes in the Sanford School of Public Policy. In November 2024, he was honored by North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper with the North Carolina Award, the state’s highest civilian honor, in the category of literature. He continues to write his popular weekly newsletter for the Times (you can sign up here) and to produce occasional essays as a Contributing Opinion Writer for the newspaper. He lives in North Carolina.