Joe McGinniss

Joe McGinniss (1942-2014) was an American journalist, nonfiction writer, and novelist. He first came to prominence with the bestselling The Selling of the President , which described the marketing of then-presidential candidate Richard Nixon. It spent more than six months on bestseller lists. He is popularly known for his trilogy of bestselling true crime books-- Fatal Vision , Blind Faith , and Cruel Doubt --which were adapted into several TV miniseries and movies. Over the course of forty...See more

Joe McGinniss (1942-2014) was an American journalist, nonfiction writer, and novelist. He first came to prominence with the bestselling The Selling of the President , which described the marketing of then-presidential candidate Richard Nixon. It spent more than six months on bestseller lists. He is popularly known for his trilogy of bestselling true crime books-- Fatal Vision , Blind Faith , and Cruel Doubt --which were adapted into several TV miniseries and movies. Over the course of forty years, McGinniss published twelve books. See less