John Joseph Brady (born 1942) lives in

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. He is a visiting professor who teaches news writing and editing, as well as graphics, at the

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in Athens, Ohio.

Career

Brady served as editor-in-chief of ''

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'' and ''Boston'' magazine. He was founding editor of ''

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'' and ''M:The Magazine for Montessori Families''. He has been teaching at universities and in various fora since the early 1990s, including a stint in 1996 as Hearst Visiting professor at the Missouri School of Journalism.

Publications

Brady is the author of ''Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of

Lee Atwater Harvey LeRoy "Lee" Atwater (February 27, 1951 – March 29, 1991) was an American political consultant and strategist for the Republican Party. He was an adviser to US presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman of the Repub ...

''. He also wrote ''The Craft of the Screenwriter'' (Simon & Schuster, 1981), as well as two books for journalists – ''The Craft of Interviewing'' (Random House Vintage, 1976) and ''The Interviewer's Handbook'' (The Writer Books, 2004). He publishes a monthly column on magazine editing for ''Folio'' magazine. His book ''Frank & Ava: In Love and War'' (October, 2015) retells the story of the romance between Frank Sinatra and

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Works

*''The Craft of Interviewing'' (1976) *''The Craft of the Screenwriter'' (1981) * ''Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater'' (1996) *''The Interviewer's Handbook'' (2004) *''Frank & Ava: In Love and War'' (2015)

References

External links

Biography at Scripps School of Journalism
Living people American biographers American male biographers American instructional writers Place of birth missing (living people) Ohio University faculty Writers from Newburyport, Massachusetts 1942 births {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub