Michael Barson is the author of more than a dozen books that examine various facets of American popular culture in the 20th century, about which he has been interviewed by National Public Radio on several occasions. He has a Ph.D. in American Culture and a Masters degree in Popular Culture, both from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Born in Massachusetts at the dawn of the Eisenhower era, Barson has lived and worked in the New York City area since 1981. At present he is Senior Director of Publicity for Putnam.
Barson is the author of more than a dozen books, including Agonizing Love: The Golden Era of Romance Comics (2011), True West: An Illustrated Guide to the Heyday of the Western (2008), Red Scared! The Commie Menace in Propaganda and Popular Culture (2001), and Teenage Confidential: An Illustrated History of the American Teen (1998, 2005).
