{{Short description|American journalist (born 1952)}}
'''Scott Raab''' (born August 6, 1952<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2019/03/21/trump-leans-in-on-trade-invites-republicans-to-wh-412848| title = POLITICO Playbook: Trump leans in on trade, invites Republicans to W.H. - POLITICO| website = Politico| date = 21 March 2019| access-date = 2022-01-10| archive-date = 2019-04-25| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190425202037/https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2019/03/21/trump-leans-in-on-trade-invites-republicans-to-wh-412848| url-status = live}}</ref>) is an American nonfiction author and former contributing journalist for ''Esquire''.
==Early years== Scott Raab was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1952. The Raab family relocated to Los Angeles in 1960, but after his parents divorced in 1962, he returned to Cleveland with his mother and two younger brothers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.esquire.com/ESQ0603-JUN_RAAB(3.3)_rev_3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605112018/http://www.esquire.com/ESQ0603-JUN_RAAB(3.3)_rev_3|archive-date=June 5, 2011|access-date=2010-07-02 |title=Me ... And Sandy the Bull - Esquire }}</ref> Raab graduated from Cleveland State in 1983 with a bachelor's degree, and in 1986 received his Master of Fine Arts in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scottraab.com/about/ |website=www.scottraab.com |title=About |access-date=2022-01-10 |archive-date=2019-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411132059/https://www.scottraab.com/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Professional career== Raab was a writer for ''GQ'' Magazine from 1992 until 1997, and was a regular contributor to ''Esquire'' from 1997 until 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scottraab.com/blog/2017/1/31/good-luck |title=Good Luck |website=Scott Raab |date=25 April 2016 |access-date=2022-01-10 |archive-date=2019-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411140131/https://www.scottraab.com/blog/2017/1/31/good-luck |url-status=live }}</ref> Much of his work at ''Esquire'' was one-on-one interviews with various celebrities (e.g. Phil Spector, Paul Giamatti, Don Zimmer).<ref name="heebmagazine1">{{cite web |author=Brian Abrams July 13, 2009 Archives 6 |url=http://www.heebmagazine.com/look-at-this-fucking-journalist-_esquire_s-scott-raab/ |title=Look at This Fucking Journalist: Esquire's Scott Raab – Heeb |publisher=Heebmagazine.com |date=2009-07-13 |access-date=2022-01-10 |archive-date=2018-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409110156/http://heebmagazine.com/look-at-this-fucking-journalist-_esquire_s-scott-raab |url-status=live }}</ref> The style of his non-interview writing is typically informal in nature, mainly in the voice of a storyteller.
==Personal== Raab has described himself as a "fat Jew from Cleveland, a great deli town" and has written about his preference for traditional deli fare over haute cuisine.<ref name="heebmagazine1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0702-JUL_AMERICA2_rev_2?click=main_sr |title=Eating Cleveland - Esquire |access-date=2010-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611045817/http://www.esquire.com/features/ESQ0702-JUL_AMERICA2_rev_2?click=main_sr |archive-date=2011-06-11 }}</ref> Although not primarily a food writer, he has frequently written about the Cleveland food scene and has repeatedly praised Slyman's Deli's award-winning corned-beef sandwich in articles for ''Esquire''.
He is a remarried divorcé, who currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and son.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scottraab.com/about-scott-raab/ |title=About Scott Raab |access-date=2011-04-07 |archive-date=2011-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110415111222/http://www.scottraab.com/about-scott-raab/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.depauw.edu/news/?id=24372 |title=Nonfiction Writer Scott Raab to Discuss His Work Monday |access-date=2010-07-02 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610120237/http://www.depauw.edu/news/?id=24372 |url-status=live }}</ref>
A fan of the Cleveland Indians, Raab has a tattoo of Chief Wahoo on his forearm, which he had done in a Dallas tattoo parlor during a 1994 interview with NBA player Dennis Rodman.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.esquire.com/the-side/blog/baseballblog101807 |title=Why I Have a Racist Caricature on My Arm |date=18 October 2007 |access-date=7 April 2011 |archive-date=10 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210171054/http://www.esquire.com/the-side/blog/baseballblog101807 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.esquire.com/features/fullgiamatti |title=The Full Giamatti |date=14 November 2007 |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=13 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413103441/http://www.esquire.com/features/fullgiamatti |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mrdestructo.com/2009/01/scott-raab-and-celebrity-profile.html |title=Scott Raab and the Celebrity Profile |access-date=2010-07-02 |archive-date=2010-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727084255/http://www.mrdestructo.com/2009/01/scott-raab-and-celebrity-profile.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He has since advocated for the logo to be retired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/ink-stained |title=Ink Stained |access-date=2022-01-10 |archive-date=2016-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106204042/http://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/ink-stained |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Bibliography== {{Expand list|date=January 2018}}
* {{cite book <!--|author=Raab, Scott -->|title=Real Hollywood stories: inside the minds of 20 celebrities, with one A-list writer |year=2008 <!--isbn=-->}} * {{cite book <!--|author=Raab, Scott |author-mask=1 -->|title=The Whore of Akron: one man's search for the soul of LeBron James |year=2011 <!--isbn=-->}} * {{cite journal <!--|author=Raab, Scott |author-mask=1 -->|date=January 2013 |title=[Interview with] Nick Tosches |department=Man at His Best |journal=Esquire |volume=159 |issue=1 |pages=15–18 |url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a17375/nick-tosches-interview-0113/ <!--accessdate=2018-01-22-->}} * {{cite journal <!--|author=Raab, Scott |author-mask=1 -->|date=January 2013 |title=Sean Penn |department=What I've Learned. The Warrior |journal=Esquire |volume=159 |issue=1 |pages=62–66 |url=http://classic.esquire.com/article/2013/1/1/what-ive-learned-sean-penn <!--accessdate=2019-12-28-->}} * ''You're Welcome, Cleveland: How I Helped Lebron James Win a Championship and Save a City'' (2016)
==External links== *[http://www.scottraab.com/ Home page]
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