Jim Fusilli Biography
Jim Fusilli is a novelist, essayist, and journalist from the United States. From 2009 until 2018, he was The Wall Street Journal’s rock and pop critic, and he also contributed to NPR’s All Things Considered.
Jim Fusilli Age
Jim is 70 years old as of January 2023. He was born Vincent James Fusilli Jr. on 1 January 1953, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States of America.
Jim Fusilli Education
At St. Peter’s College (now Saint Peter’s University), he studied in English and worked as a critic for the student newspaper, the Pauw Wow. Fusilli joined Teamsters Local 560 as a clerk at Smith Transport in Hoboken while still in college.
Jim Fusilli Wife
Fusilli is happily married to his wife Diane, an international communications executive, the two reside in Washington D.C.
Jim Fusill Books- Novels
He interned at The Jersey Journal after graduating in 1975, where he published a weekly piece about popular music. He also contributed to The Record with articles. Dow Jones & Company employed Fusilli in its Corporate Relations department in 1982, with responsibility for employee communications. Soon after, he began contributing to the Journal’s new Leisure and Arts page, which was edited by Raymond Sokolov. In 1986, The New York Times Magazine published his essay “A Wall Street Rocker” Fusilli departed Dow Jones and joined Sanofi, Inc., the U.S. holding company for Paris-based Sanofi S.A., while continuing to make occasional contributions to the Journal.
During his 12 years with the company, Fusilli rose through the ranks to become Vice President, Corporate Communications, a position in which he frequently traveled to Paris, accompanied the chairman and CEO Jean-François Dehecq, and worked with Oscar de la Renta, Yves Saint Laurent and other fashion luminaries whose fragrances were marketed by Sanofi. He left the company in 2001.
Fusilli was named The Wall Street Journal’s first rock-and-pop critic in 2009, and he published a weekly piece for the paper’s Arts section until 2018. Closing Time, the first in a mystery series starring private detective Terry Orr and his daughter Bella, was released on September 10, 2001 by Penguin Putnam. It was the last novel set in New York’s Tribeca sector before the September 11 terrorist attacks. Following that, A Well-Known Secret was the first novel set in New York after the attacks, addressing the impact on the city, the Tribeca neighborhood, and the psyches of the recurring characters. Following that, two additional novels in the series were published:
Prior to being acquired by Amazon, Audible purchased Narrows Gate and published it as its first major literary fiction. Narrows Gate was originally published in paperback by Amazon Publishing. In 2012, Narrows Gate was nominated for the Sue Feder Historical Mystery Award. The Mayor of Polk Street, the sequel, was released as an Audible Original in 2019 and by Open Road Media in 2022. Edoardo Ballerini, an actor and film director, narrated Narrows Gate and The Mayor of Polk Street. Marley Z and the Bloodstained Violin, Fusilli’s novel for young adults, was published by Dutton Juvenile in 2008. The Chopin Manuscript, The Copper Bracelet, and Crime Plus Music: Twenty Stories of Music-Themed Noir were all edited and contributed to by him.
Jim Fusilli Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 5 million dollars.
