Barry Golson
| Barry Golson | |
|---|---|
| Born | G. Barry Golson |
| Occupation | Author, editor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Yale University Stanford University |
| Genre | travel writing |
| Notable awards | Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award (2004) |
| Spouse | Thia Golson |
Barry Golson is an American editor, journalist, and author. A graduate of Yale and Stanford University, he served as editor-in-chief at World Press Review for two years, Playboy for 12 years, and TV Guide for four years. He helped launch both Yahoo! Internet Life and ForbesTraveler.com, serving as both their editors. While at Playboy, he co-authored and edited a number of influential interviews, including John Lennon and Jimmy Carter. He also edited The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono and The Playboy Interview, both originally published in 1981. He authored Gringos in Paradise, a 2006 book detailing his and his wife's attempted retirement to Mexico, and Retirement Without Borders, a 2008 guide book detailing pros and cons of retiring to exotic locales. He was awarded the Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award in 2004 for his article in AARP Magazine.
Golson attended Phillips Exeter Academy for high school and Yale University as an undergraduate, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts. While there, he started a weekly lifestyle section for the campus newspaper, the Yale Daily News. He later attended Stanford University on a Ford fellowship.
In January 1970, Golson had a two year stint as executive editor of World Press Review.
From October 1973 until October 1988, Golson edited articles and interviews for Playboy Magazine . For twelve of those fifteen years he also served as Executive Editor. As editor of the Playboy interviews, he co-interviewed or collaborated in a number of influential interviews with people such as Jimmy Carter during the election process in 1976 and John Lennon. Golson edited The Playboy Interview (January 2, 1981) by Playboy Press and The Playboy Interview Volume II (1983). Both were paperback compilations of Playboy interviews with figures in music, politics, sports, literature, etc. He also edited David Sheff's The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, published by Playboy Press in 1981 and republished in 2000.
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