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 E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at

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Career

Brady served as editor-in-chief of ''

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

The Artist's Magazine ''The Artist's Magazine'' is a monthly magazine for artists formerly published by F+W Media in Cincinnati, Ohio. The magazine was founded in 1983 and claims a circulation of 60,000. The founding company was Fletcher Art Services. F&W Publicatio ...

'' 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 The Missouri School of Journalism, housed under the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, Columbia, is one of the oldest formal journalism schools in the world. The school provides academic education and practical training in of journalis ...

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 Republican U.S. presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush and chairman ...

''. 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 Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...

and

Ava Gardner Ava Lavinia Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She first signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1941 and appeared mainly in small roles until she drew critics' att ...

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