Dennis McDougal

Investigative journalist Dennis McDougal is the author of thirteen books, including Dylan: The Biography and Five Easy Decades . A staff writer for two decades with the Los Angeles Times and frequent contributor to the New York Times , McDougal has been honored with more than forty awards, including Stanford University's John S. Knight Fellowship, the Anne Sperber Award for the nation's best media biography, a nomination for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award, and the George Foster...See more

Investigative journalist Dennis McDougal is the author of thirteen books, including Dylan: The Biography and Five Easy Decades . A staff writer for two decades with the Los Angeles Times and frequent contributor to the New York Times , McDougal has been honored with more than forty awards, including Stanford University's John S. Knight Fellowship, the Anne Sperber Award for the nation's best media biography, a nomination for the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award, and the George Foster Peabody Award as co-producer of the 2009 PBS American Experience documentary Inventing L.A. based on McDougal's bestselling Privileged Son . See less