Joe McGinniss (born 9 December 1942) is an American author of true crime and non-fiction novels.
McGinniss graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1964 and became a general assignment reporter at the Worcester Telegram in Worcester, MA. Within a year he left to become a sportswriter for The Philadelphia Bulletin. He then moved to the The Philadelphia Inquirer as a general interest columnist. McGinniss became an overnight success when his ...
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Joe McGinniss (born 9 December 1942) is an American author of true crime and non-fiction novels.
McGinniss graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1964 and became a general assignment reporter at the Worcester Telegram in Worcester, MA. Within a year he left to become a sportswriter for The Philadelphia Bulletin. He then moved to the The Philadelphia Inquirer as a general interest columnist. McGinniss became an overnight success when his first book, The Selling of the President, landed on The New York Times bestseller list when he was 26 years old, making him the youngest living writer with that achievement. The book described the marketing of Richard Nixon during the 1968 presidential campaign.
After the success of his book in 1968, McGinniss left the Inquirer to write books full-time. He next wrote a novel, The Dream Team. It was followed by Heroes, and the warmly received Going to Extremes, a nonfiction account of his year exploring Alaska.
In 1979 he became a writer-in...
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