I was beside myself when New Orleans Living magazine asked me to interview him. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, which was subsequently made into a blockbuster movie directed by Clint Eastwood, brought in significant revenue to the city of Savannah, so much so that Savannahians simply refer to it as “the book.” We were thrilled to find out that Berendt would be visiting New Orleans and that he would be coming back in March to participate in the Tennessee Williams festival. Using these skills, he created one of the most famous works of literary nonfiction in the past several decades. Over the years, he has made a name for himself through interviews and articles he developed through taking notes during conversations and about noteworthy incidents.
He was the editor of New York magazine from 1977 to 1979 and wrote a monthly column for Esquire from 1982 to 1994. After graduating in 1961, he moved to New York City where he was hired as an associate editor of Esquire at the age of 21. He earned a bachelor’s in English from Harvard University, where he was an editor of The Harvard Lampoon. The one in my pocket right now hasn’t yet.”īest known as the author of two number one best-selling works of nonfiction, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and The City of Falling Angels, Berendt grew up in Syracuse, New York.
Twice in my life, those notebooks have grown into full-length books. This kind of ad hoc scribbling sometimes gives people the idea that I’m writing a book. When asked recently at an Uptown gathering in his honor to elaborate, he said, “I always carry a small notebook in my back pocket so I can jot things down that appeal to me-a remark, an incident, a memorable person, an observation of one sort or another. He is enjoying life and “talking to people.” But he’s not writing a book. The Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil author talks about his career and the book he’s not working onĮlegant and refined, John Berendt, who at 69 has already had success with two careers (magazine editor and author), is not retired.
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