“Does Plaskin have some magic that gets his subjects to give him quotes that are gems? Each story seems as if he’s the first person ever to write it.”
–Eddie Jaffe, Legendary Hollywood publicist
Glenn at Book Expo America Debut “Katie” book
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Chuck Todd, Meet The Press: “Glenn’s Playboy profile of the President is as close as you can come to Interview ‘Ground Zero’—the best ever done with him. It’s everything you ever needed to know.” |
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Good Morning America: “Plaskin tells the funny, fresh, and moving story of what happened over a 16-year-period up and down his New York City apartment building’s hallway, as his astutely-intelligent dog, Katie, leads him to discover an entirely new “family.” |
Playboy: “One of the few interviewers we turn to with full confidence. Glenn establishes trust, he’s an exceptional listener, and has an unparalleled track record of news making profiles.”
Family Circle: “Glenn is the kind of writer that gets it right on the first take. He is gifted at interviewing both celebrities and experts on psychological subjects – and is a master at service journalism. My top editors consider him one of the best in the business.”
Celebrity Service: “When it comes to the brutally competitive world of celebrity journalism, no one is more successful at nailing down the big names than entertainment reporter Glenn Plaskin.
Los Angeles Times: “Plaskin’s effort is successful… It is done well, even masterfully.”
Chicago Tribune: “An absorbing well-written and well-balanced portrait…as delicious as a good detective thriller.”
The Washington Post: “Plaskin proceeds to write with discretion, scholarship, and a sense of proportion…He is an honest biography.”
The New York Times: “A well-researched biography that will throw much light on the man and the artist.”
O Magazine: “In his heart-tugging memoir, Glenn Plaskin credits a gregarious cocker spaniel for uniting the multigenerational residents of his apartment building.”
Good Morning America: “Plaskin tells the funny, fresh, and moving story of what happened over a 16-year-period up and down his New York City apartment building’s hallway, as his astutely-intelligent dog, Katie, leads him to discover an entirely new “family.”
Publishers Weekly:”Plaskin journalist and lower Manhattan resident, shares the delighted story of how his precocious cocker spaniel, Katie, brought him closer to his neighbors and turned an apartment building of stranger into an urban family.”
UPI:”Plaskin’s controversial book is the most important musical biography of the year.”
The Atlanta Constitution: “Goes a long way in filling the void in our concept of the person behind those astounding fingers.”
Buffalo News: “It is a book of intimate almost endlessly absorbing detail…”
Boston Globe: “Mommie Dearest is tame stuff compared to some of this.”
USA Today: “This biography is seductive as it reveals the personal life of a recluse referred to as the Greta Garbo of the piano.”
New York Daily News: “A unique cause célèbre in the musical land literary worlds…”Horowitz” makes “Mommie Dearests” read like “Little Women.”
