Stephen M. Silverman

Stephen M. Silverman
Born(1951-11-22)November 22, 1951
West Covina, California, U.S.
DiedJuly 6, 2023(2023-07-06) (aged 71)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • biographer
EducationUniversity of California, Irvine (BA)
Columbia University (MS)
SubjectsPopular culture

Stephen Meredith Silverman (November 22, 1951 – July 6, 2023) was an American biographer, journalist, and editor. He was chief entertainment correspondent for the New York Post from 1977 to 1988, and was a news editor at Time Inc. from 1995 to 2015, where he founded the People Online Daily. He is also the author of a dozen books of cultural criticism. The Wall Street Journal called him "a veteran journalist and historian of popular culture [who] writes with verve and mischief," while Kirkus Reviews dubbed him "a deft manipulator of the devastating deadpan non-sequitur".