Connie Schultz

Connie Schultz
Born	July 21, 1957 (1957-07-21) Ashtabula, Ohio
Occupation	Journalist
Title	Columnist
Spouse(s)	Senator Sherrod Brown

Connie Schultz (born July 21, 1957), of Avon, Ohio, has been a nationally syndicated columnist based at The Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper. She won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and had been finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing.

Schultz was raised in Ashtabula, Ohio and received a journalism degree from Kent State University in 1979. For two years, she attended Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University where she met her first husband, law professor Stephen Gard.

Schultz is married to Senator Sherrod Brown, Democrat of Ohio. Because of his U.S. Senate campaign, Schultz took a leave of absence from The Plain Dealer to campaign for his election. She returned to The Plain Dealer in January 2007.[1] On September 19, 2011, Schultz again resigned from The Plain Dealer, having written in a note to colleagues that "in recent weeks, it has become painfully clear that my independence, professionally and personally, is possible only if I’m no longer writing for the newspaper that covers my husband’s senate race on a daily basis".[2]

Schultz has one daughter and stepson (with Gard) and two stepdaughters (with Brown).

Schultz's first book, Life Happens: And Other Unavoidable Truths-- a collection of her previously published columns, was printed in 2006. Her second book, ... and His Lovely Wife: A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man-- a journal of her experiences on the campaign trail, was released in 2007.

Ms. Schultz also writes a column, called "Views" for PARADE magazine. On July 13, 2009, she appeared on CBS The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. She has contributed to the online political blog The Huffington Post.

Works

• Life Happens: And Other Unavoidable Truths, Random House (April 18, 2006) ISBN 978-1-4000-6497-7
• … and His Lovely Wife: A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man, Random House (June 19, 2007) ISBN 978-1-4000-6573-8

External links

• Plain Dealer columns
• The Huffington Post columns
• Podcasts of Schultz's recent articles
• Schultz: Women can have major influence on politics Mount Vernon News, June 8, 2006