 He then worked at Bantam Books, where he helped launch its hardcover division by acquiring such books as Albert Goldman’s biography of John Lennon and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s autobiography.Next, he worked as a senior editor at "Esquire Magazine", editing authors ranging from Alan Furst and Bobbie Ann Mason to Michael Kinsley and Joel Kotkin.He then moved to Los Angeles, where he was West Coast editor of Simon and Schuster, a consulting editor at the Los Angeles Times, and editor in chief of "California Magazine".