▁Age ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁Before ▁joining ▁The ▁New ▁York er , ▁Rem nick ▁was ▁a ▁rep orter ▁and ▁the ▁Moscow ▁correspond ent ▁for ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post . ▁He ▁also ▁has ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Public ▁Library ▁board ▁of ▁trust ees . ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁he ▁published ▁his ▁sixth ▁book , ▁The ▁Bridge : ▁The ▁Life ▁and ▁R ise ▁of ▁Bar ack ▁Ob ama . ▁ ▁Background ▁Rem nick ▁was ▁born ▁to ▁a ▁Jewish ▁family ▁in ▁H ack ens ack , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Barbara ▁( Se ig el ), ▁an ▁art ▁teacher , ▁and ▁Edward ▁C . ▁Rem nick , ▁a ▁dent ist . ▁He ▁was ▁raised ▁in ▁Hill sd ale , ▁New ▁Jersey , ▁in ▁a ▁sec ular ▁Jewish ▁home ▁with , ▁he ▁has ▁said , ▁" a ▁lot ▁of ▁books ▁around ." ▁He ▁is ▁also ▁child hood ▁friends ▁with ▁com ed ian ▁Bill ▁Mah er . ▁He ▁attended ▁P asc ack ▁Valley ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁Hill sd ale . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁graduated ▁from ▁Pr inc eton ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁with ▁an ▁A . B . ▁sum ma ▁cum ▁la ude ▁in ▁compar ative ▁literature ; ▁there , ▁he ▁met ▁writer ▁John ▁Mc P he e , ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁Press ▁Club , ▁and ▁helped ▁found ▁The ▁N ass au ▁Week ly . ▁Rem nick ▁has ▁imp lied ▁that ▁after ▁college ▁he ▁wanted ▁to ▁write ▁nov els , ▁but ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ill