Eric Spitznagel is a highly accomplished writer with a career spanning over two decades. He has contributed to several prominent magazines, including Playboy, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine, Men's Health, The Believer, and Bloomberg Businessweek. With seven books under his belt, he is the author of "Old Records Never Die" (Plume 2016), a highly praised memoir about his endeavor to track down all the original vinyl records he sold off in the 1990s.

Spitznagel has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Writing/Theater Arts from Beloit College. He has previously served as an Executive Writer and Deputy Editor at Men's Health Magazine, a frequent contributor at Bloomberg Businesseek, a Website columnist at vanityfair.com, and a Contributing Editor/Writer at The Believer Magazine. He has also been a freelance writer at Playboy Magazine and is currently a freelance writer.

In addition to his writing career, Spitznagel has also worked as a Writing Teacher at The Second City. His specialties include essays, celebrity interviews, non-celebrity interviews, funny make-'em-ups, ghostwriting, porn memoirs, and non-porn memoirs.