Peter Ames Carlin
| Peter Ames Carlin | |
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March 13, 1963 Syracuse, New York |
| Occupation | Journalist, critic and author |
| Nationality | United States |
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| Subject | Rock music and television |
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Peter Ames Carlin (born March 13, 1963) is an American journalist, critic and author of several books. He has written for various publications such as People magazine, The New York Times Magazine, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, and The Oregonian, and has published numerous books about music and musicians, mostly focused on rock music.
Born in Syracuse, New York, Carlin was raised in Seattle, Washington, where he attended public schools including Garfield High School, from which he graduated in 1981. He attended Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, for a year then graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon in 1985.
Carlin started publishing freelance work in 1985. Still living in Portland, he contributed stories to a wide variety of publications, including cover stories to The New York Times Magazine and The Los Angeles Times Magazine. In 1993, Carlin co-authored the autobiography of mountaineer Stacy Allison, the first American woman to summit Mount Everest. In 1996, he moved to New York City to become a senior writer at People magazine, where he reported and wrote profiles about ex-Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Monty Python co-founder John Cleese and Ernest Hemingway.
Hired by The Oregonian newspaper to serve as its television columnist, Carlin moved back to Portland in late 2000. His years-long feud with Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly became a cause celèbre among journalists and cultural commentators. Carlin was also an early and influential advocate for TV series including Arrested Development, Lost, The Shield and Mad Men.
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