A Definitive Anthony Bourdain Biography Is in the Works for 2019

Untold stories from those who knew him best

June 28, 2018 9:00 am EDT

After someone beloved has died, it’s hard not to feel your soul drift away a bit as posthumous record albums, “previously unreleased footage,” rushed biographies and the like spring forth.

But we feel no such contempt for the planned Anthony Bourdain biography, slotted to release in fall of 2019 through Ecco Books.

Why? We miss the guy.

While Kitchen Confidential won’t ever leave our bookshelves and Parts Unknown will remain on Netflix for the foreseeable future, any opportunity to hear more from Bourdain’s culinary (or otherwise) misadventures is a great gift. Besides, the biography will be edited by his longtime advisor, friend and co-writer Laurie Woolever, who has avowed to share “stories … by those who knew him best.”

Not every tribute is a cash grab.

Image: Fairfax / Jacky Ghossein

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Tanner Garrity

Tanner Garrity

Tanner Garrity is a senior editor at InsideHook, where he’s covered wellness, travel, sports and pop culture since 2017. He also authors The Charge, InsideHook’s weekly wellness newsletter. Beyond the newsroom, he can usually be found running, skating, reading, writing fiction or playing tennis. He lives in Brooklyn.
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