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Klein graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in American civilization.
In 1969, Klein began reporting for the Essex County Newspapers in Massachusetts. In 1972, he reported for Boston's WGBH and until 1974 he was also the news editor for Boston's The Real Paper. He was a contributing editor for Rolling Stone from 1975 to 1980 and Washington bureau chief from 1975 to 1977.
He published Woodie Guthrie: A Life in 1980 and Payback: Five Marines After Vietnam in 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe.
He was a political columnist for New York from 19871987 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 Nunavut's capital changes it name to Iqaluit from Frobisher Bay. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 An Amtrak train to 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi where he won the Peter Khiss Award for reporting on the 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra race for Mayor of New York. In MayThis article is about the month of May. For other uses, see May (disambiguation). May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. It may have been named for the Roman goddess Maia or more likely for the Roman goddess of fertili 19921992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday. Events January January The Internet Society is formed. January 1 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General January 1 George H. Bush becomes the fi he joined Newsweek and wrote the column "Public Lives", which won a National Headliner Award in 1994. Newsweek also won a National Magazine Award for their coverage of Bill Clinton's 1992 victory. From 1992 to 1996 he was also a consultant for CBS.
In January 1996, he anonymously published the novel Primary Colors, based on the 1992 Democratic presidential primary . It spent 9 weeks as number one on the New York Times bestseller list.
In December 1996, he joined The New Yorker to write the "Letter from Washington" column. In 2000 he published The Running Mate , a sequel of sorts to Primary Colors and he published The Natural: Bill Clinton's Misunderstood Presidency in March 2002. In January 2003, he joined Time Magazine to write a column called "In the Arena".
He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a former Guggenheim fellow . He lives with his wife and two children in Westchester County, New York, and is also the father of two adult sons.