Anderson Cooper joined CNN in 2001 and has anchored his own program, “Anderson Cooper 360°,” since March 2003. That show will now become the prime evening news program, replacing “News Night with Aaron Brown.” He had previously served as a correspondent for ABC News and was a foreign correspondent for Channel One News. Cooper has won several awards for his work, including a National Headliners Award for his tsunami coverage and an Emmy Award for his contribution to ABC’s coverage of Princess Diana’s funeral.
Splendid. . . . haunting and beautifully written. . . . This is a terrific book. -- Washington Post on Vanderbilt An incredible story. -- People on Vanderbilt A dramatic tale expertly told of rapacious ambition, decadent excess, and covert and overt tyranny and trauma. . . . With resplendent detail, the authors capture the gasp-eliciting extravagance of the Vanderbilt Gilded Age mansions. . . . With its intrinsic empathy and in-depth profiles of women, this is a distinctly intimate, insightful, and engrossing chronicle of an archetypal, self-consuming American dynasty. . . . Irresistible. -- Booklist (starred review) on Vanderbilt Marked by meticulous research and deep emotional insight, this is a memorable chronicle of American royalty. -- Publishers Weekly on Vanderbilt