John Joseph Brady


John Joseph Brady lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He is a visiting professor who teaches news writing and editing, as well as graphics, at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

Career

Brady served as editor-in-chief of Writer's Digest and Boston magazine. He was founding editor of The Artist's Magazine and M:The Magazine for Montessori Families. He has been teaching at universities and in various fora since the early 1990s, including a stint in 1996 as Hearst Visiting Professor at the Missouri School of Journalism.

Publications

Brady is the author of Bad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee Atwater. He also wrote The Craft of the Screenwriter, as well as two books for journalists – The Craft of Interviewing and The Interviewer's Handbook. He publishes a monthly column on magazine editing for Folio magazine. His book Frank & Ava: In Love and War retells the story of the romance between Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner.

Works