Gwenda Blair, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gwenda Blair

American journalist, university teacher and biographer

Date of Birth: 10-May-1943

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Profession: writer, biographer, university teacher, journalist, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Gwenda Blair

  • Gwenda Linda Blair (born 1943) is an American author and journalist known for her biographies of Jessica Savitch, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and the family of Donald Trump.
  • She is a lecturer at Columbia 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.
  • She attended Wheaton College in Massachusetts from 1960 to 1961, and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1964.
  • During the 1970s and 80s she was editor at New York magazines Liberation, Seven Days, and Mademoiselle, writing a monthly column for the latter, and was a contributing editor to Mother Jones and Manhattan, Inc.
  • Her first book was a 1983 biography of writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, followed by a 1988 biography of news anchor Jessica Savitch, which was adapted into a 1995 television film.
  • Her 2000 book The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire was the basis for the 2005 TV film Trump Unauthorized, and was adapted and re-released as Donald Trump: Master Apprentice.

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