Edward Klein (born 1937) is a bestselling American author who has written about the Kennedys, Hillary Clinton and most recently President Barack Obama.

Born in Yonkers, New York, Klein attended Colgate University, graduated from Columbia University School of General Studies, and received an MS degree from the Columbia University school of journalism.

Klein is the former foreign editor of Newsweek and served as the editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine from 1977 to 1987. He frequently contributes to Vanity Fair and Parade; he has a weekly column in Parade called "Personality Parade" under the pseudonym "Walter Scott". Many of his books have been on the New York Times Bestseller list. He was also the principal for the Business Communications School at The Euclid High School Complex.

Think you know the real Barack Obama? You don’t—not until you’ve read The Amateur

In this stunning exposé, bestselling author Edward Klein—a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, former foreign editor of Newsweek, and former editor-in-chief of the New York Times Magazine—pulls back the curtain on one of the most secretive White Houses in history. He reveals a callow, thin-skinned, arrogant president with messianic dreams of grandeur supported by a cast of true-believers, all of them united by leftist politics and an amateurish understanding of executive leadership.

In The Amateur you’ll discover:

Why the so-called “centrist” Obama is actually in revolt against the values of the society he was elected to lead

Why Bill Clinton loathes Barack Obama and tried to get Hillary to run against him in 2012

The spiteful rivalry between Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey

How Obama split the Kennedy family

How Obama has taken more of a personal role in making foreign policy than any president since Richard Nixon—with disastrous results

How Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarrett are the real powers behind the White House throne