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'''Barbara Feinman Todd''' is an American writer and author.<ref> https://slate.com/culture/2017/02/ghostwriter-barbara-feinmans-pretend-im-not-here-reviewed.html </ref> |
'''Barbara Feinman Todd''' is an American writer and author. She has [[ghostwriter|ghostwritten]] for [[Bob Woodward]], [[Carl Bernstein]], and [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/culture/2017/02/ghostwriter-barbara-feinmans-pretend-im-not-here-reviewed.html|title=The Memoirs of Hillary Clinton’s Ghostwriter Are a Dispatch from a Bygone Age in D.C.|first=Laura|last=Miller|date=February 8, 2017|website=Slate Magazine}}</ref> |
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==Early life and education== |
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She graduated from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1982 with a degree in creative writing.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/summer-2017-adaptation/spirited-away-life-ghostwriter|title=Spirited Away: the Life of the Ghostwriter|date=July 3, 2017|website=Cal Alumni Association}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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Her first job was as a copy aide at ''[[The Washington Post]]''. From working at the Post, she made connections and networked. She did research for the memoirs of both Carl Bernstein and Ben Bradlee.<ref name="auto"/> |
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She moved on from being a researcher and become a ghostwriter. To ghostwrite properly, she would closely study a clients mannerisms and way of speaking.<ref name="auto"/> |
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Accusations of betrayal by Woodward.<ref name="auto1"/> |
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citation<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ghostwriting for Washington's powerful is a game of brittle egos: Barbara Feinman Todd pulls back the curtain in 'Pretend I'm Not Here' |author=Locker, Ray |work=USA TODAY |location=McLean, Va |date=9 Feb 2017 |page=D4}}</ref> |
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==Books== |
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*''Pretend I'm Not Here: How I Worked with Three Newspaper Icons, One Powerful First Lady, and Still Managed to Dig Myself Out of the Washington Swamp'' (William Morrow, 2017) |
*''Pretend I'm Not Here: How I Worked with Three Newspaper Icons, One Powerful First Lady, and Still Managed to Dig Myself Out of the Washington Swamp'' (William Morrow, 2017) |
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*''[[It Takes a Village]]'' (ghostwriter) |
*''[[It Takes a Village]]'' (1996) Hillary Clinton (ghostwriter) |
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*''Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA'' (1987) [[Bob Woodward]] (ghostwriter) |
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*''A Woman's Place'' [[Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky]] (ghostwriter) |
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*''A Good Life'' [[Ben Bradlee]] (ghostwriter) |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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[https://www.c-span.org/video/?423681-1/qa-barbara-feinman-todd Q&A with Barbara Feinman Todd | C-SPAN.org] |
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Revision as of 20:49, 3 July 2024
Barbara Feinman Todd is an American writer and author. She has ghostwritten for Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, and Hillary Clinton.[1]
Early life and education
She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982 with a degree in creative writing.[4]
Career
Her first job was as a copy aide at The Washington Post. From working at the Post, she made connections and networked. She did research for the memoirs of both Carl Bernstein and Ben Bradlee.[4]
She moved on from being a researcher and become a ghostwriter. To ghostwrite properly, she would closely study a clients mannerisms and way of speaking.[4]
“For me, taking on a ghosting gig was like getting that person’s kidney—or maybe their heart—transplanted into my body … My experience was that the act of writing in the voice of others, in addition to being taken away from my own writing, meant that I was being taken away from myself.” [4]
She received no credit for It Takes a Village [5]
She founded the journalism program at Georgetown University.[6]
Accusations of betrayal by Woodward.[2]
citation[7]
Books
- Pretend I'm Not Here: How I Worked with Three Newspaper Icons, One Powerful First Lady, and Still Managed to Dig Myself Out of the Washington Swamp (William Morrow, 2017)
- It Takes a Village (1996) Hillary Clinton (ghostwriter)
- Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA (1987) Bob Woodward (ghostwriter)
- A Woman's Place Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (ghostwriter)
- A Good Life Ben Bradlee (ghostwriter)
References
- ^ Miller, Laura (February 8, 2017). "The Memoirs of Hillary Clinton's Ghostwriter Are a Dispatch from a Bygone Age in D.C." Slate Magazine.
- ^ a b https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/she-said-he-said-journalist-accuses-woodward-of-breathtaking-betrayal/2017/04/14/aaae6bfc-1897-11e7-bcc2-7d1a0973e7b2_story.html
- ^ https://account.kansascity.com/paywall/subscriber-only?resume=131091224&intcid=ab_archive
- ^ a b c d "Spirited Away: the Life of the Ghostwriter". Cal Alumni Association. July 3, 2017.
- ^ "Ghostwriters left on the shelf after bringing political memoirs to book". the Guardian. June 28, 2014.
- ^ "LA Times Reporter Named as New Director of Undergraduate Journalism Program". August 31, 2018.
- ^ Locker, Ray (9 Feb 2017). "Ghostwriting for Washington's powerful is a game of brittle egos: Barbara Feinman Todd pulls back the curtain in 'Pretend I'm Not Here'". USA TODAY. McLean, Va. p. D4.