Gwenda Linda Blair(born 1943) is an American author and journalist known for her biographies ofJessica Savitch,Laura Ingalls Wilder,and thefamily of Donald Trump.She is an adjunct associate professor at theColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Blair was born in Washington, D.C., to parents Newell and Greta (Flintermann) Blair. Her father was a lawyer and legal newsletter publisher.[1]She attendedWheaton Collegein Massachusetts from 1960 to 1961, and graduated from theUniversity of Michiganin 1964. During the 1970s and 80s, she was editor at New York magazinesLiberation,Seven Days,andMademoiselle,writing a monthly column for the latter, and was a contributing editor toMother JonesandManhattan, Inc.[2]Her first book was a 1983 biography of writerLaura Ingalls Wilder,followed by a 1988 biography of news anchorJessica Savitch,which was adapted into a 1995 television film.[3]Her 2000 bookThe Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empirewas the basis for the 2005 TV filmTrump Unauthorized,and was adapted and re-released asDonald Trump: Master Apprentice.[4]
She appeared in the 2022 documentaryUnprecedented.[5]
Books
edit- Laura Ingalls Wilder(1983)ISBN978-0-399-20953-6
- Almost Golden: Jessica Savitch and the Selling of Television News(1988)ISBN978-0-671-63285-4
- The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire(2000)ISBN0-7432-1079-4
- Donald Trump: Master Apprentice(2005)ISBN0-7432-7510-1
References
edit- ^"Attorney, Publisher Newell Blair Dies".Washington Post.June 21, 2004. p. B7.
- ^May, Hal; Trosky, Susan M., eds. (1989). "Blair, Gwenda (Linda)".Contemporary Authors.Vol. 125.Gale Research Inc.p.26.ISBN0-8103-1950-0.
- ^Rosenberg, Howard (4 September 1995)."TV REVIEW: 'Savitch': An Anchorwoman's Tragic Fast-Track Life, Career".Los Angeles Times.
- ^Kelley, Lauren (September 11, 2015)."Donald Trump: Embracing Contradiction, Not Overthinking".Rolling Stone.
- ^Buncombe, Andrew (6 July 2022)."Alex Holder: How a little known British filmmaker came to be at the centre of the case against Trump".Independent.Retrieved22 July2022.