Ellis Amburn

Ellis Amburn

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birthplace = Jack County, Texas, United States
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occupation = biographer and book editor
nationality = American
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Ellis Edward Amburn (born August 2, 1933 in Jack County, Texas) is an American book editor and biographer.

A 1954 graduate of Texas Christian University, Ellis Amburn worked as a reporter for "Newsweek" before going into the book publishing industry where he rose to the position of editor, working for such well-known publishers as Delacorte Press, Coward-McCann, William Morrow. During his career, Amburn was an editor for authors such John le Carré, Belva Plain, Muriel Spark, Joshua Logan and for Jack Kerouac who would be the subject of Amburn's 1998 book on which Leonardo DiCaprio has optioned film rights.

Ellis Amburn served as editorial director for G. P. Putnam's Sons and in addition worked as a ghostwriter for Priscilla Presley, Shelley Winters, Peggy Lee and Zsa Zsa Gabor. In 1990, he produced his first biography on fellow Texan Roy Orbison that led to further such books. He is noted for his exhaustive research, even going so far as to live for several weeks at the home of the parents of Orbison's first wife, Claudette Frady-Orbison. While his books have generated controversy at times, and he is reviled by many Orbison fans, his facts have never been challenged. Amburn lives in Key West, Florida, and in Tifton, Georgia.

Partial bibliography:
*"" (2005) - Warner Books
*"" (2002) - HarperCollins
*"" (2000) - HarperCollins
*"" (1998) - St. Martin's Press
*"" (1995) - St. Martin's Press
*"" (1990) - Carol Publishing Group


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