Andrew Ferguson

This article is about the American journalist. For the American FTC Chairman, see Andrew N. Ferguson. For others with a similar name, see Andrew Ferguson (disambiguation).

Andrew Ferguson (born June 28, 1956) is an American journalist and author.^[1]

Andrew Ferguson
Born	(1956-06-28) June 28, 1956 (age 69)
Nationality	American

Career

Ferguson is currently a staff writer at The Atlantic.^[2]

Previously, he was senior editor of The Weekly Standard (defunct since December 2018), and a columnist for Bloomberg News^[3][4] based in Washington, D.C.^[5] After the close of The Weekly Standard, David Brooks called Ferguson "the greatest political writer of my generation."^[6]

Before joining the Standard at its founding in 1995, he was senior editor at Washingtonian magazine. He has been a columnist for Fortune, TV Guide, and Forbes FYI, and a contributing editor to Time. He has also written for The New Yorker, New York, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and other publications.^[7]

In 1992, he was a White House speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush.^[8]

A collection of his essays, Fools' Names, Fools' Faces, was published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1996, and Land of Lincoln was published released by Grove/Atlantic in 2007. His work has appeared in several anthologies.^[7]

Ferguson cites H.L. Mencken and E.B. White as influences.^[4]

Personal life

Ferguson is a practicing Catholic.^[4]

Bibliography

• Fools' Names, Fools' Faces. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press. 1996. ISBN 0-87113-651-1.
• Land of Lincoln: Adventures in Abe's America. Atlantic Monthly Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-87113-967-2.
• Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course on Getting His Kid into College. New York: Simon & Schuster. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4391-0121-6.