
David Sheff
Author · 8 books
David Sheff is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Beautiful Boy. Sheff's other books include Game Over, China Dawn, and All We Are Saying. His many articles and interviews have appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired, Fortune, and elsewhere. His ongoing research and reporting on the science of addiction earned him a place on Time Magazine's list of the World's Most Influential People. Sheff and his family live in Inverness, California.
Books

Yoko
A Biography
2025

The Buddhist on Death Row
How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place
2020

Game Over
How Nintendo Conquered The World
1993

Beautiful Boy
A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
2007

All We Are Saying
The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
1981

China Dawn
Culture and Conflict in China's Business Revolution
2002

High
Everything You Want to Know About Drugs, Alcohol, and Addiction
2019

Clean
Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy
2013