About John Leland
Born 1959. John Leland is an American journalist.
John Leland (born 1959) is an American author and has been a journalist for The New York Times since 2000. He began covering retirement and religion in January 2004. During 1994, Leland was editor-in-chief of Details magazine. He was also a senior editor at Newsweek, an editor and columnist at Spin magazine, and a reviewer for Trouser Press.
Leland wrote Hip: The History and Why Kerouac Matters: The Lessons of On the Road (They're Not What You Think). In 2018, his book Happiness is a Choice You Make was released.
Education He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Columbia College in 1981.
Awards Leland has won two awards from the National Association of Black Journalists.
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American journalist and author
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