Jeannette Walls
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| Jeannette Walls | |
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 Writer Jeannette Walls (from dust cover) |
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| Born | January 1, 1960 Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, columnist |
| Notable work(s) | The Glass Castle |
Jeannette Walls is a writer and journalist. One of four siblings, she was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated with honors from Barnard College, the women's college affiliated with Columbia University. She published the bestselling memoir The Glass Castle[1] in 2005. The book is being made into a film by Paramount. [1] Walls now lives in northern Virginia. She is married to writer John Taylor. She has written for New York Magazine, Esquire, and USA Today, and appears regularly on The Today Show, CNN and PrimeTimeLive.
She also wrote the book Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip in which she outed conservative cyber-gossip Matt Drudge as a closet homosexual.[2]
After nearly eight years of writing for the "Scoop" at MSNBC.com,[3] Jeannette Walls left msnbc.com. Her final Scoop column appeared on 2007-07-26. She will be turning her full-time attention to writing books.[4]
[edit] Bibliography
- Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip. New York: Avon Books, Inc., an Imprint of Harper Collins Publishers. March 2000. ISBN 0-380-97821-0.
[edit] References
- ^ Walls, Jeannette (2006). The Glass Castle. New York: Scribner. ISBN 074324754X.
- ^ Signorile, Michelangelo (2003). Queer in America. Univ of Wisconsin Press. pp. 408. ISBN 0299193748. http://books.google.com/books?id=8IoG84QtfNIC&pg=PA408&lpg=PA408.
- ^ "Jeannette Walls, author, The Glass Castle, gossip columnist, MSNBC.com". Gothamist. 2005-05-27. http://www.gothamist.com/2005/05/27/jeannette_walls_author_the_glass_castle_gossip_columnist_msnbccom.php. Retrieved on 2007-04-11.
- ^ MSNBC (2007-07-26). "Jeannette Walls leaving msnbc.com" (html). MSNBC.COM. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19939458/. Retrieved on 2007-08-12.
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