Sara Davidson

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Sara Davidson
Born1943 (age 79–80) [1]
United States
Occupation Novelist, journalist, [2] producer
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley [2]
Notable works Loose Change [3]
Website
saradavidson.com

Sara Davidson (born 1943) [1] is a journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. [2] She is the author of the best-selling Loose Change . [3] It was adapted as a television mini-series. In addition, she has written other series and served as producer.

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Early life and education

Davidson grew up in California and graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1960. [4] She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. [2] She also attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and started her writing career as a journalist.

Journalist

Davidson's first job was as a reporter with the Boston Globe . [2] She has also written for magazines including The Atlantic Monthly , [5] Esquire , [5] Harper's Magazine , [1] [5] [6] Life , [5] McCall's, [5] Ms., [5] The New York Times Magazine , [5] Newsweek , [6] [7] O, The Oprah Magazine , [6] [8] Ramparts [5] and Rolling Stone . [5]

Personal

In 1968, she was briefly married to Jonathan Schwartz, a popular-music radio deejay in New York City. She later married again, to a Los Angeles businessman. They had a son and a daughter together, but were divorced. [9]

In the 1990s she had an affair with "real-life cowboy" Richard Goff. Their relationship inspired her largely autobiographical novel Cowboy(1999). [10]

Books

Television

Davidson's novel Loose Change (1977) was adapted for a mini-series. In addition, she wrote and produced a number of television series. She created the series Jack and Mike (1986), [21] and HeartBeat (1988). [22] She was the co-executive producer for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman . [23]

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  8. ↑ Davidson, Sara (2003-03-01). "Murder in Westwood". O, The Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
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  14. ↑ Davidson, Sara (1980). Real property by Sara Davidson. ISBN   9780385155731 . Retrieved 2009-06-07.
  15. ↑ Davidson, Sara (1984). Friends of the opposite sex by Sara Davidson. ISBN   9780385133814 . Retrieved 2009-06-07.
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