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Ellis Edward Amburn (born
August 2,
1933 in
Jack County,
Texas) is an
American book editor and
biographer.
A 1954 graduate of
Texas Christian University, Ellis Amburn worked as a reporter for
Newsweek before going into the book publishing industry where he rose to the position of
editor, working for such well-known publishers as
Delacorte Press,
Coward-McCann,
William Morrow. During his career, Amburn was an editor for authors such
John le Carré,
Belva Plain,
Muriel Spark,
Joshua Logan and for
Jack Kerouac who would be the subject of Amburn's 1998 book on which
Leonardo DiCaprio has optioned
film rights.
Ellis Amburn served as editorial director for
G. P. Putnam's Sons and in addition worked as a ghostwriter for
Priscilla Presley,
Shelley Winters,
Peggy Lee and
Zsa Zsa Gabor. In 1990, he produced his first biography on fellow Texan
Roy Orbison that led to further such books. He is noted for his exhaustive research, even going so far as to live for several weeks at the home of the parents of Orbison's first wife, Claudette Frady-Orbison. While his books have generated controversy at times, and he's reviled by many Orbison fans, his facts have never been challenged. Amburn lives in
Key West, Florida, and in
Tifton, Georgia.
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