Gwenda Linda Blair (born 1943) is an American author and journalist known for her biographies of Jessica Savitch,

Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known as the author of the children's book series ''Little House on the Prairie'', published between 1932 and 1 ...

, and the family of Donald Trump. She is an adjunct associate professor at the

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism sch ...

. 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 The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

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

, 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''. She appeared in the 2022 documentary '' Unprecedented''.

Books

* ''Laura Ingalls Wilder'' (1983) * ''Almost Golden: Jessica Savitch and the Selling of Television News'' (1988) * '' The Trumps: Three Generations That Built an Empire'' (2000) * ''Donald Trump: Master Apprentice'' (2005)

References

External links

Faculty page at Columbia University
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blair, Gwenda 1943 births Living people 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American women journalists 20th-century American biographers Writers from Washington, D.C. Wheaton College (Massachusetts) alumni University of Michigan alumni American magazine editors Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism faculty American women magazine editors American women biographers 21st-century American biographers 21st-century American women writers