Sara Davidson


Sara Davidson is a journalist, novelist, and screenwriter. She is the author of the best-selling Loose Change.

Personal

In 1968, she was briefly married to NYC popular-music radio deejay Jonathan Schwartz. A second marriage—to a Los Angeles businessman—produced a son and a daughter, but also ended in divorce. Her 1990s affair with "real-life cowboy" Richard Goff was the basis for her largely autobiographical novel Cowboy in 1999.

Education

Davidson graduated from the University of California, Berkeley; she also attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Journalist

Davidson's first job was as a reporter with the Boston Globe. She has also written for magazines including The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire. Harper's Magazine, Life, McCall's, Ms., The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, O, The Oprah Magazine, Ramparts and Rolling Stone.
2014. The December Project: An Extraordinary Rabbi and a Skeptical Seeker Confront Life's Greatest Mystery. Books
In addition to having her novel Loose Change adapted for a mini-series, Davidson wrote and produced a number of television series. She created the series Jack and Mike, and HeartBeat. She was the co-executive producer for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.