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David Sheff is an American author of the New York Times best-selling memoir A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction. In 2009 Sheff was included in the Time Magazine Time 100, The World's Most Influential People, and Beautiful Boy was named the best nonfiction book of the year by Entertainment Weekly. The book also won the Barnes & Noble "Discover Great New Writers Award" for nonfiction and was an Amazon.com Best Book of 2008.

Beautiful Boy was based on Sheff's article, "My Addicted Son," that first appeared in the New York Times Magazine. The article won an award for "Outstanding Contribution to Advancing the Understanding of Addictions" from the American Psychological Association.

Sheff, a journalist, has written for The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired, Fortune, and National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." His interview subjects have included John Lennon, Frank Zappa, Steve Jobs, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Jack Nicholson, Ted Taylor, Carl Sagan, Betty Friedan, Barney Frank, Fareed Zakaria, and many others. In addition to Beautiful Boy, Sheff wrote the books Game Over, China Dawn, and All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. He has also been an editor of New West, California, and other magazines.

Sheff graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Sheff, a native of Boston, MA, lives in Northern California with his wife, Karen Barbour, an artist, illustrator, and author of children’s books. He has three children, Nic, Jasper, and Daisy Sheff. Nic Sheff has also written a memoir recounting his years of addiction in the book Tweak.
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Total Books: 42
The Buddhist on Death Row How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place
High Everything You Want to Know About Drugs Alcohol and Addiction
2020 - High Everything You Want to Know About Drugs Alcohol and Addiction (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780358244332
ISBN-10: 0358244331
Genre: Children's Books
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Beautiful Boy  A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
2018 - Beautiful Boy a Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction [Tie-In] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781328974716
ISBN-10: 1328974715
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Fitness & Dieting, Parenting & Relationships
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 4

Clean Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy
2014 - Clean Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy (Paperback)Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780544112322
ISBN-10: 0544112326
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Science & Math
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 1

Clean 12 New Steps to Overcoming Addiction
2013 - Clean 12 New Steps to Overcoming Addiction (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780547848655
ISBN-10: 054784865X
Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting
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Mi hijo precioso El viaje de un padre a travs de la adiccin de su hijo
2009 - Mi Hijo Precioso El VIaje De Un Padre a Travs De La Adiccin De Su Hijo [Vintage Espanol - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780307455680
ISBN-10: 0307455688
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Health, Fitness & Dieting, Nonfiction
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Beautiful Boy A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
2009 - Beautiful Boy a Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780547203881
ISBN-10: 0547203888
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 127

Beautiful Boy A Father's Journey through His Son's Meth Addiction
2008 - Beautiful Boy a Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction (Audio Cassette)Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781433204654
ISBN-10: 1433204657
  • Currently 2/5 Stars.
 1

Beautiful Boy A Father's Journey Through His Son's Crystal Meth Addiction
2008 - Beautiful Boy a Father's Journey Through His Son's Crystal Meth Addiction (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781847371300
ISBN-10: 1847371302
Genre: Health, Fitness & Dieting
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
 3

Beautiful Boy A Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction
2008 - Beautiful Boy a Father's Journey Through His Son's Meth Addiction (Hardcover)Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780618683352
ISBN-10: 0618683356
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 161

Beautiful Boy
2008 - Beautiful Boy (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780739499610
ISBN-10: 0739499610
Genre: Nonfiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 20

China Dawn  Culture and Conflict in China's Business Revolution
China Dawn The Story of a Technology and Business Revolution
Last Interview John Lennon and Yoko Ono
2001 - Last Interview John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780330482585
ISBN-10: 0330482580
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
 3

Last Interview All We Are Saying  John Lennon and Yoko Ono
2000 - Last Interview All We Are Saying John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780283072956
ISBN-10: 0283072954
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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Game Over Press Start To Continue
1999 - Game Over Press Start to Continue (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780966961706
ISBN-10: 0966961706
Genres: Business & Money, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
 3

Game Over Nintendo's Battle to Dominate Videogames
1999 - Game Over Nintendo's Battle to Dominate VIdeogames (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780340751930
ISBN-10: 0340751932
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Game Over
1997 - Game Over (Hardcover)Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780517179086
ISBN-10: 0517179083
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Video Games  A Guide for Savvy Parents
Game Over  How Nintendo Conquered The World
1994 - Game Over How Nintendo Conquered the World (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780679736226
ISBN-10: 0679736220
Genres: Business & Money, Computers & Technology
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Game Over How Nintendo Zapped an Industry Captured Your Money and Enslaved Your Children