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Oh, What a Year!
The feature for Pittsburgh Quarterly looked back at how the British Invasion and the prospect of a Beatles backstage pass launched my writing career. It was 1964, and I’d managed to talk the editor of a local newspaper into letting me write a column for teens.
Jazz Renaissance
When we think of jazz, cities like New Orleans, Chicago and New York come to mind, but Pittsburgh has a rich legacy that dates back at least 100 years. A finalist for a Golden Quill Award in 2022, my feature for Pittsburgh Quarterly took a look at the remarkably diverse jazz scene enjoying a resurgence in the city.
Long Time Passing
More than 50 years after the war ended in Vietnam, a group of Pittsburgh area vets went to Washington D.C. to be recognized for their service. I went along with them and told their stories in a feature for Pittsburgh Magazine that was a finalist for a Golden Quill Award in 2018.
Killer Blondes
Hired as Editor in Chief and tasked with reinventing the magazine in 2015, I enlisted celebrity hairdressers Ted Gibson and Jason Backe to reimagine iconic Hitchcock blondes for a feature in American Salon that was shot on location at the estate of novelist Monte Schulz (Crossing Eden) in Santa Barbara, California.
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Book Signing at Chaucer’s Books
Marianne Dougherty reads excerpts from her debut novel What We Remember, which bestselling author Mary Hogan (The Woman in the Photo) called “beautifully rendered.” March 13, 2024