Barbara Weisberg

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Barbara M. Weisberg (born 1946) is an American historian, author, and television producer. In the 1980s, she co-created the television series Charles in Charge . She has published multiple historical nonfiction books, including Strong Passions, published in 2024.

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Early life and education

Weisberg was born in Philadelphia on April 3, 1946, to Samuel and Miriam Weisberg. Her father was a furrier, and her mother was an artist. [1]

Weisberg received a Bachelor of Arts in American civilization from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa in 1968. She then earned a Master of Philosophy in American Studies from Yale University in 1972 and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Brooklyn College in 1993. [1] [2]

Career

In the early 1980s, Weisberg worked with the Scholastic Corporation as the associate director of television development, after which she joined Consumer Reports , working in a similar position. While there, she created the comedy series Charles in Charge and produced documentary programs, as well as episodes of the television series Livewire. [1]

Awards and honors

Weisberg has received a MacArthur Scholarship in Poetry, the D. Scott Rogo Award from the Parapsychology Foundation in 1998, and the Lila Wallace/Reader's Digest Fund grant for Creative Writers and Artists from the American Antiquarian Society in 1998. [1] [2] [3]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution named Talking to the Dead one of the best books of the year. [2]

Personal life

On June 20, 1996, Weisberg married writer David Black, who had two children. [1]

Weisberg is Jewish. [1]

Works

Adult nonfiction books

Children's nonfiction books

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