Joe McGinniss
| Joe McGinniss | |
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McGinniss in 1969
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| Born |
December 9, 1942 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 10, 2014 (aged 71) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | College of the Holy Cross |
| Period | 1964-2014 |
| Genre | Nonfiction and novels |
| Subject |
Richard Nixon Jeffrey MacDonald Sarah Palin Alaska Italian football |
| Notable works |
The Selling of the President 1968 Fatal Vision Cruel Doubt Blind Faith Going to Extremes The Miracle of Castel di Sangro |
| Spouse | Nancy Doherty |
| Children | Christine Marque, Suzanne Boyer, Joe McGinniss, Jr., Matthew McGinniss, James McGinniss |
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Joseph R. McGinniss, Sr. (December 9, 1942 – March 10, 2014), known as Joe McGinniss, was an American non-fiction writer and novelist. The author of twelve books, he first came to prominence with the best-selling The Selling of the President 1968 which described the marketing of then-presidential candidate Richard Nixon. He is popularly known for his trilogy of bestselling true crime books — Fatal Vision, Blind Faith and Cruel Doubt — which were adapted into TV miniseries in the 1980s and 90s. His last book was The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, an account of Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska who was the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee.
McGinniss graduated in 1964 from the Roman Catholic-affiliated College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He became a general assignment reporter at the Worcester Telegram but left within a year to become a sportswriter for The Philadelphia Bulletin. He then moved to The Philadelphia Inquirer as a general interest columnist. In 1979 he became a writer-in-residence at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner. From 1982-85, he taught creative writing at Bennington College in Vermont.
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