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Roger Ebert

Biography

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert is the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic from the Chicago Sun-Times. His reviews are syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and Canada. The American Film Institute and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago have awarded him honorary degrees and the Online Film Critics Society named his Web site (rogerebert.com) the best online movie review site.

Roger Ebert

Books by Roger Ebert

Life Itself: A Memoir - Audiobook
written by Roger Ebert, read by Edward Herrmann - Nonfiction

In 2006, complications from thyroid cancer treatment resulted in the loss of Roger Ebert's ability to eat, drink or speak. But with the loss of his voice, he only became a more prolific and influential writer. Before his passing, he was able to tell the full, dramatic story of his life and career. In this candid, personal history, Ebert chronicles it all: his loves, losses and obsessions; his struggle and recovery from alcoholism; his marriage; his politics; and his spiritual beliefs.

Life Itself: A Memoir
by Roger Ebert

In this candid, personal history, Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert shifts his attention inward to offer an insightful, compassionate, witty and moving self-portrait of a life that’s been filled with both joy and suffering.