Before joining Reason, worked for several years at Teen Machine magazine, where he interviewed celebrities and ghost-wrote an advice column for Alyssa Milano.
Had articles which appeared in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.
Editor of Choice: the Best of Reason.
Received a B.A. in English and psychology from Rudgers University and a M.A. in English from Temple University, as well as a Ph.D. in English literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in New Jersey.
Father of sons Jack Gillespie and Neal Gillespie.
Reason magazine editor-in-chief (2000-2008).
Named as one of the "Top 25 Journalists" by the "Daily Beast".
His first job was stacking books on the shelves in a library.