Julie M. Fenster
Julie M. Fenster | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 20, 1957 |
| Alma mater | Colgate University |
| Genre | non-fiction |
| Subject | American history; medical history; biography; automotive history; travel; business and economics |
Julie M. Fenster (born November 20, 1957) is an American author of historical articles and books focusing on 19th-century events and persons.
Biography
Fenster graduated from Colgate University with a Bachelor of Arts degree.[1] She worked as a journalist for the Syracuse Post-Standard and Automobile Quarterly.[1]
In the 1990s, she wrote travel guides, including Boston Guide (Open Road Publishing, 1997), and America's Grand Hotels (Open Road Publishing, 1998).[1]
Fenster wrote American history articles for American Heritage magazine, several of which were later expanded into books.[2] She has also written for Invention & Technology, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, American History, and Audacity.[1]
In January 2006, she and co-author Douglas Brinkley released Parish Priest, a biography of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus.[3] In 2009, she published a biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt's early political advisor Louis Howe, titled FDR's Shadow: Louis Howe, the Force that Shaped Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
She is the co-author of Debbie Wasserman Schultz's 2013 book For the Next Generation: A Wake-Up Call to Solving Our Nation's Problems.[4]
She appeared in a TV commercial for Cheapbooks, which aired in early 2008. She is shown at a book signing for her work Race of the Century.
Notable works
- Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It. New York: Harper (2001) ISBN 0060195231
- Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine: The Pioneers Who Risked Their Lives to Bring Medicine into the Modern Age. Carroll & Graf (2003) ISBN 0786712368
- Race of the Century: The Heroic True Story of the 1908 New York to Paris Auto Race. New York: Crown (2006) ISBN 0609610961
- Packard: The Pride. New Albany, IN: Automobile Quarterly Publications (2005)
- Parish Priest: Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism (with Douglas Brinkley). New York: Morrow (2006)
- The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2007) ISBN 140397635X
- FDR's Shadow: Louis Howe, the Force That Shaped Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009) ISBN 0230609104
- The Spirit of Invention: The Story of the Thinkers, Creators, and Dreamers Who Formed Our Nation. New York, NY: HarperCollins (2009) ISBN 9780061231896
- Jefferson's America: The Expeditions That Made a Nation. New York: Crown (2014) ISBN 0307956482
Awards
In 2003, she won The Anesthesia Foundation's 2003 Book/Multimedia Education Award for Ether Day.[5][6][7]
References
- ^ a b c d Encyclopedia.com, Fenster, Julie M.
- ^ American Heritage, June-July, 2005, "Cars, Cards, and Father: A Trio of American Heritage Authors Have Expanded Their Articles into Books" (review of Race of the Century)
- ^ "Julie M. Fenster | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
- ^ Schultz, Debbie Wasserman; Fenster, Julie M. (15 October 2013). For the Next Generation: A Wake-Up Call to Solving Our Nation's Problems. ISBN 978-1250000996.
- ^ "Julie M. Fenster". HarperCollins Publishers: World-Leading Book Publisher.
- ^ "Julie M. Fenster | AMERICAN HERITAGE". www.americanheritage.com.
- ^ "ASA January 2004 Newsletter". Sep 27, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27.
External links
- The Ether Controversy: Milestone in American Medicine; review/criticism; [1]
- Interview on The Case of Abraham Lincoln at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library
- Appearances on C-SPAN