Editing Jimmy Buffett (section)

==Writing==
[[File:Jimmy Buffett navy (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|left|Buffett in Hawaii in June 2003]]
Buffett wrote three books, all of which placed on [[The New York Times Best Seller list]]. ''[[Tales from Margaritaville]]'' and ''[[Where Is Joe Merchant?]]'' both spent over seven months on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller]] fiction list. His memoir ''[[A Pirate Looks at Fifty]],'' published in 1998, went straight to number one on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller nonfiction list, making him one of the few authors to have reached number one on both the fiction and nonfiction lists.<ref>{{cite news | first=Anthony | last=Decurtis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/21/arts/music-jimmy-buffett-traveling-salesman-of-leisure.html |title=MUSIC; Jimmy Buffett, Traveling Salesman of Leisure |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 21, 1999 | url-access=limited |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423024136/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/21/arts/music-jimmy-buffett-traveling-salesman-of-leisure.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |archive-date=April 23, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Buffett also co-wrote two children's books, ''[[The Jolly Mon]]'' and ''Trouble Dolls,'' with his eldest daughter, [[Savannah Buffett]]. The original hardcover release of ''The Jolly Mon'' included a cassette tape recording of the two reading the story accompanied by an original score written by [[Michael Utley]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bixler |first=Beverly |title=The Jolly Mon |journal=School Library Journal |date=October 1990 |volume=36 |issue=10 |page=76 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=10836779&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Wilton |first=Shirley |title=Trouble Dolls (Book) |journal=School Library Journal |date=June 1991 |volume=37 |issue=6 |page=72 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=10337533&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref>

Buffett's novel ''[[A Salty Piece of Land]]'' was released on November 30, 2004, and the first edition of the book included a CD single of the song "A Salty Piece of Land." The book was a ''New York Times'' best seller soon after its release.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/26/books/arts/best-sellers-december-26-2004.html | title=BEST SELLERS: December 26, 2004 | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=December 26, 2004 | url-access=limited}}</ref>

Buffett's last title, ''Swine Not?'', was released on May 13, 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/jimmy-buffett-s-novel-asks-swine-not-wbna24592341 |title=Jimmy Buffett's novel asks, 'Swine Not?' | work=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] | date=May 13, 2008}}</ref>