Jeff Giles

Jeff Giles is the author of The Edge of Everything and it sequel The Brink of Darkness . He grew up in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He's been the deputy managing editor of Entertainment Weekly and has written for Rolling Stone and The New York Times Books Review . He also coauthored The Terrorist's Son , a nonfiction book that won an Alex Award from the American Library Association and has since been translated into more than a dozen languages. While reporting on the Lord of the Rings movies for...See more

Jeff Giles is the author of The Edge of Everything and it sequel The Brink of Darkness . He grew up in Cohasset, Massachusetts. He's been the deputy managing editor of Entertainment Weekly and has written for Rolling Stone and The New York Times Books Review . He also coauthored The Terrorist's Son , a nonfiction book that won an Alex Award from the American Library Association and has since been translated into more than a dozen languages. While reporting on the Lord of the Rings movies for Newsweek , Jeff was invited to be an extra in The Return of the King . He played a Rohan soldier, and--because he didn't have a beard or mustache--they glued yak hair to his face. Jeff lives with his family in Montana. @MrJeffGiles See less