Dylan Loewe
Dylan Loewe is an American speechwriter, political strategist and author.[1][2][3][4] He served as chief speechwriter to Vice President Joe Biden from 2012 to 2013.[5][6][7][8][9] He has collaborated with several authors on their memoirs, including the former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris.[10][11][12] In 2010, he authored the book Permanently Blue: How Democrats Can End the Republican Party and Rule the Next Generation.[13][14]
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Education | University of California, Los Angeles (BA) Harvard University (MPP) Columbia University (JD) |
Occupation | Speechwriter, ghostwriter, author, political commentator |
Years active | 2010-present |
Website | Official website |
Early life and education
Loewe was born in Los Angeles, CA. He received his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004. He earned a master's degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 2010. He completed a J.D. degree from Columbia Law School.
Career
He began his career as a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and the Guardian.[15][16] In 2010, he authored the book Permanently Blue: How Democrats Can End the Republicans Party and Rule the Next Generation.[17] That same year, he became a senior writer at the Washington-based speechwriting firm West Wing Writers.[18] In 2012, he was appointed special assistant to President Barack Obama and chief speechwriter to Vice President Biden.[19][20] In 2013, the National Journal named him one of the administration’s top decision-makers. In 2016, Loewe assisted with the writing of the memoir of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, No Room for Small Dreams.[21] He was a collaborator on U.S. Senator Kamala Harris’s memoir, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey, which was published in 2019. He is also credited with helping to write Elton John’s 2012 book, Love is the Cure: On Life, Loss, and the End of Aids.
In 2020, he founded The Lead Pen, a writing and public affairs consultancy. He has taught speechwriting at Stanford University and American University.[22]
Books
- Loewe, Dylan (2010). Permanently Blue: How Democrats Can End the Republican Party and Rule the Next Generation. Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0307717992.
References
- "Dylan Loewe, Chief Speechwriter". National Journal. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- "Biden, often defined by his words, faces his biggest (and strangest) speech yet". washingtonpost.com/. Archived from the original on 2020-08-16.
- "Ep. 96 | Dylan Loewe from Curious with Josh Peck". www.stitcher.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- Rafter, Darcy (2020-08-21). "Who is Joe Biden's speechwriter? Get to know Vinay Reddy and Carlyn Reichel". HITC. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- Lizza, Ryan. "What Harris Got from Biden During Her Job Interview". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- Viser, Matt. "Biden, often defined by his words, faces his biggest (and strangest) speech yet". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- News, Bloomberg (2020-08-20). "Joe Biden's Moment to Take On Trump Arrives With Prime-Time Speech - BNN Bloomberg". BNN. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- Biden (Archives), Joe (2016-06-01). "This is What More Than a Million Miles with the Vice President Looks Like:". Medium. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- "Presidential candidates have delivered some pretty 'meh' speeches this race. Here's why". WBEZ Chicago. 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- "Closer look at the Biden-Harris presidential ticket". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- "CNN.com - Transcripts". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- Interactive, Stonecom (2020-08-19). "Closer look at the Biden-Harris presidential ticket". News Talk 94.1/AM 1600. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- "Permanently Blue: HOW DEMOCRATS CAN END THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND RULE THE NEXT GENERATION - Foundry". Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- "Permanently Blue by Dylan Loewe: 9780307718006 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- "Dylan Loewe | HuffPost". www.huffpost.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- "Dylan Loewe | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- Snow, Justin (2010-11-04). "Temporary Blues". The American Prospect. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- Journal, Alex Roarty, National (2013-07-16). "Dylan Loewe, Chief Speechwriter". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- "Biden's Moment to Take On Trump Arrives With Prime-Time Speech". BloombergQuint. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
- Rafter, Darcy (2020-08-21). "Who is Joe Biden's speechwriter? Get to know Vinay Reddy and Carlyn Reichel". HITC. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- Images, Getty. "What Was Shimon Peres's One Final Regret?". The Forward. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- "Dylan Loewe '04 | UCLA Alumni". a.alumni.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-05.