Chip Bishop

Chip Bishop is an accomplished writer and speaker whose new book, Quentin & Flora - A Roosevelt and a Vanderbilt in Love during the Great War - is winning wide acclaim. It was published by Amazon.com in April 2014.

His debut book, The Lion and the Journalist - The Unlikely Friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and Joseph Bucklin Bishop, was hailed by historians, reviewers, and readers alike. The e-book reached the New York Times bestseller list in March 2014.

Chip grew up in Woonsocket, R.I. and was graduated from Boston University. His lifetime of achievements includes time as a campaign and administration aide to President Jimmy Carter, Capitol Hill lobbyist, business entrepreneur, local elected official, and disc-jockey during the fabled 1960s British Invasion.

Chip is a member of the board of directors of the Biographers International Organization, a member of the Theodore Roosevelt Association and the executive committee of its New England chapter.

He serves his community as an elected member of the board of trustees of the Mashpee Massachusetts Public Library. He loves doo-wop music, old German stamps and the 2013 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox.

Chip lives on Cape Cod with his wife and business partner, Jane Nichols Bishop, and their two black, rescue cats.

He is the great-grandnephew of Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Theodore Roosevelt's authorized biographer, who was profiled in his first book.