BRUCE FEILER is one of America’s most popular voices on family, faith, and survival. He writes
the “This Life” column about contemporary families for the Sunday New York Times and is the
author of five consecutive New York Times bestsellers, including WALKING THE BIBLE and THE
COUNCIL OF DADS. He is the writer/presenter of the PBS series “Walking the Bible” and the
forthcoming “Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler.” His latest book, THE SECRETS OF HAPPY
FAMILIES, is a bold playbook for families today. It collects best practices for modern-day
parents from some of the country’s most creative minds, including tops designers in Silicon
Valley, elite peace negotiators, the creators of Modern Family and the Green Berets.
His most recent bestseller, THE COUNCIL OF DADS, is the international sensation that describes
how faced with one of life’s greatest challenges, he asked six friends to form a support group
for his young daughters. The book was profiled in PEOPLE Magazine, USA Today, Time, and the
Washington Post, and was the subject of a one-hour documentary on CNN hosted by Dr. Sanjay
Gupta. Bruce was named “Father of the Year” by the National Fatherhood Initiative.
Since 2001, Bruce has been one of the country’s preeminent thinkers, writers, and speakers
about the role of religion in contemporary life. WALKING THE BIBLE describes his perilous,
10,000-mile journey retracing the Five Books of Moses through the desert. The book was
hailed as an “instant classic” by the Washington Post and “thoughtful, informed, and
perceptive” by The New York Times. It spent more than a year and a half on the New York
Times bestseller list, has been translated into fifteen languages, and is the subject of a
children’s book, a photography book, and a miniseries on PBS.
ABRAHAM recounts his personal search for the shared ancestor of Jews, Christians, and
Muslims. “Exquisitely written,” wrote the Boston Globe, “100 percent engaging.” The book
was featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, debuted in the top 5 of the New York Times
bestseller list, and inspired thousands of grassroots interfaith discussions around the world.
WHERE GOD WAS BORN describes his year-long trek visiting biblical sites through the front
lines of Israel, Iraq, and Iran. “Bruce Feiler is a real-life Indiana Jones,” wrote the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution. AMERICA’S PROPHET is the groundbreaking story of the influence of
Moses on American history. Both were Top 10 bestsellers.
Bruce Feiler has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The New York
Times Magazine, and Gourmet, where he won three James Beard Awards. He is also a frequent
contributor to NPR, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and Fox News. A former circus clown, he has been the
subject of Jay Leno joke and a JEOPARDY! question, and his face appears on a postage stamp in
the Grenadines.
A native of Savannah, Georgia, Bruce lives in Brooklyn with wife, Linda Rottenberg, and their
identical twin daughters.