{"name": "John Berendt", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "The son of two writers, John Berendt grew up in Syracuse, New York. He earned a B.A. in English from Harvard University, where he worked on the staff of The Harvard Lampoon. After graduating in 1961, he moved to New York City to pursue a career in publishing. He was editor of New York magazine from 1977 to 1979, and wrote a monthly column for Esquire from 1982 to 1994."}, "personal_name": "John Berendt", "photos": [7402427], "birth_date": "December 05, 1939", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "remote_ids": {"viaf": "99658961", "wikidata": "Q3030493", "isni": "0000000121449788", "musicbrainz": "4fc8e6aa-b1fd-49d2-817d-086bc31cb5fb", "goodreads": "4952", "imdb": "nm0073509", "lc_naf": "n97120654", "librarything": "berendtjohn"}, "key": "/authors/OL590331A", "latest_revision": 8, "revision": 8, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-08-01T00:16:20.057627"}}