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JEFF BENEDICT is the bestselling author of seventeen non-fiction books and a former features writer for Sports Illustrated and the Los Angeles Times. He’s also a film and television producer.
Benedict co-wrote the #1 New York Times bestselling biography of Tiger Woods. The book was the basis of HBO's Emmy-winning documentary “Tiger,” which Benedict executive produced. He is also executive producing "The Dynasty," the forthcoming 10-part documentary series on Apple TV+. The series is based on Benedict's national bestseller The Dynasty, the definitive inside story of the New England Patriots during the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick-Robert Kraft era.
Benedict's critically acclaimed book Poisoned is the basis of a forthcoming Netflix documentary, which he produced. And his legal thriller Little Pink House was adapted into a motion picture starring Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Benedict also wrote Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young’s New York Times bestselling autobiography QB, which was the basis of an NFL Films documentary.
Benedict's latest book, the biography of LeBron James, will be published by Simon & Schuster in April 2023.
JEFF BENEDICT is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of seventeen non-fiction books and more than one hundred published stories and essays. He's also a film and television producer. A former special features writer for Sports Illustrated and the Los Angeles Times, Benedict penned the landmark biographies of LeBron James (2023) and Tiger Woods (2018). In between, he spent five years inside the New England Patriots organization while writing The Dynasty (a New York Times bestseller, published in 2020 that chronicled the team's 20 years of dominance under RobertKraft, Tom Brady, and Bill Belichick) and writing and producing a 10-part documentary series with Imagine Documentaries for Apple TV+ that aired in 2024.
Benedict also executive produced HBO's Emmy-winning documentary “Tiger,” which was based on his book. In 2023, Benedict's book Poisoned was the basis of a Netflix documentary that Benedict wrote and produced.
Benedict is a frequent speaker for companies, trade groups, business organizations, and universities. Sharing insightful stories and anecdotes from a decade spent chronicling the greatest athletes and sports teams of the 21st century, he is an expert on Greatness: What it Takes to Achieve it and Sustain it.
Jeff is represented by The Harry Walker Agency.