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Brad Stone

A Steve Jobs Authorized Biography May Finally Be in the Works

The New York Times reports that an authorized biography of Steve Jobs is currently underway and in its “early planning stages.” According to the report, the biography is to be written by Walter Isaacson, the head of the Aspen Institute and the author of popular biographies of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin.

Apple hasn’t officially confirmed the report, leaving it in the official category of “rumor” for the time being, but 1) it’s the New York Times, and 2) perhaps more importantly, the reporter behind the story is the talented and trustworthy Brad Stone, who broke the news that Fake Steve Jobs was really Forbes editor Dan Lyons.

Lord knows there have been plenty of unauthorized biographies of Jobs — by title, our favorite has got to be the one about “the Rise and Fall of Steve Jobs at Apple Computer,” written in 1987 — but this would be Jobs’ first-ever authorized biography:

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