children birth_place known_for residence spouse article_title education name occupation
nic , jasper , and daisy sheff boston , massachusetts , united states author we are saying : the last major interview with john of lennon and yoko ono , the number-1 best-selling memoir beautiful game boy : a father 's journey through his son 's over addiction , and the best seller clean : overcoming addiction , and ending america 's greatest tragedy . china dawn , all inverness , california karen barbour david sheff
 university of california , berkeley david sheff writer
david sheff

david sheff is an american author of the `` new york times '' best-selling books '' '' and the memoir '' '' .
in 2009 , sheff was included in the `` time magazine '' `` time 100 '' , `` the world 's most influential people '' , and `` beautiful boy '' was named the best nonfiction book of the year by `` entertainment weekly '' .
the book also won the barnes & noble `` discover great new writers award '' for nonfiction and was an amazon best book of the year -lrb- 2008 -rrb- .
`` beautiful boy '' was based on sheff 's article , `` my addicted son , '' that first appeared in the `` new york times magazine '' .
the article won an award for `` outstanding contribution to advancing the understanding of addictions '' from the american psychological association .
sheff , a journalist , has written for `` the new york times '' , `` rolling stone '' , `` playboy '' , `` wired '' , `` fortune '' , and national public radio 's `` all things considered . ''
his interview subjects have included john lennon , frank zappa , steve jobs , ai weiwei , keith haring , david hockney , jack nicholson , ted taylor , carl sagan , betty friedan , barney frank , fareed zakaria , and many others .
in addition to `` beautiful boy '' , sheff wrote the books `` game over '' , `` china dawn '' , and `` all we are saying : the last major interview with john lennon and yoko ono '' .
he has also been an editor of `` new west '' , `` california '' , and other magazines .
sheff graduated from the university of california , berkeley .
sheff , a native of boston , ma , lives in northern california with his wife , karen barbour , an artist , illustrator , and author of children 's books .
he has three children , nic , jasper , and daisy sheff .
nic sheff has also written a memoir recounting his years of addiction in the book `` tweak '' .
