Myra MacPherson was born on 1934 and is an American author, biographer, and journalist known for writing about politics, the Vietnam War, feminism, and death and dying.
11 Facts About Myra MacPherson
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Myra MacPherson was hired in 1968 by Post executive editor Ben Bradlee to write for the paper's Style section, and remained with the Post for over two decades until 1991.
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Myra MacPherson's first book, The Power Lovers: An Intimate Look at Politicians and Their Marriages was an instant best seller when published by Doubleday in 1975.
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Myra MacPherson Came to Live Out Loud: An Inspiring Family Journey through Illness, Loss and Grief was published in 1999 and won health care hospice awards.
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Myra MacPherson has written for The New York Times, numerous national magazines, and for blogs such as Salon, The Huffington Post and the Nieman Watchdog blog on journalism.
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The granddaughter of a coal miner, Myra MacPherson was raised in a town with under 1,000 inhabitants,.
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Myra MacPherson was the only woman in the country covering it.
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Myra MacPherson wrote about murderers and slain Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers, covered the State funeral of President Kennedy, Presidential campaigns and specialized in in-depth profiles of politicians, including a martini-drinking Fidel Castro.
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Myra MacPherson had practically grown up in the sports box with her sports writer father, Morrie Siegel.
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Myra MacPherson has two children, Leah, and Mike, who has had a career in politics.
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Myra MacPherson met her second husband, liberal Florida State Senator, Jack Gordon, when she covered the ultimately rejected Equal Rights Amendment for The Washington Post in 1977.