Stewart Kellerman | |
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| Born | December 13, 1941 New York City |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Spouse | Patricia T. O'Conner |
Stewart Kellerman (born December 13, 1941) [1] is an American author, journalist, and blogger who has reported on wars in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. [2] A former editor at The New York Times [2] and foreign correspondent for United Press International, [2] he has covered conflicts in Vietnam, [3] Cambodia, [4] Laos, [5] Bangladesh, [6] Argentina, [7] Uruguay, [8] Israel, [9] and the Arab world. [10]
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Kellerman earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia University [1] in 1964 and was the 1972–73 Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, where he focused on American policy with China and the Soviet Union. [11] [12] During his career with UPI, he wrote feature stories from the battle zones [13] in addition to news dispatches. A feature written on Christmas Eve 1971, [14] about a party for the children of South Vietnamese soldiers, became the foreword to Alan Dawson's book 55 Days: The Fall of South Vietnam (1977).
He has also written a comic novel about growing old in America, and has co-authored books and articles [15] [16] about the English language with his wife, [17] the language commentator Patricia T. O'Conner. He has written book reviews [18] and articles on cultural subjects [19] for the Times. He and O'Conner write about language on The Grammarphobia Blog, [20] where they have answered nearly 4,000 questions from readers since 2006.
