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Joe McGinniss was born on 9 December, 1942 in New York, NY, is an American fiction writer. Discover Joe McGinniss's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of Joe McGinniss networth?

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Occupation writer
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 9 December 1942
Birthday 9 December
Birthplace New York City, U.S.
Date of death March 10, 2014
Died Place Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Nancy Doherty

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Children 5, including Joe Jr.

Joe McGinniss Net Worth

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Timeline

2007

In Never Enough (2007) McGinniss returned to true-crime with the critically acclaimed story of another family murder, this time a rich, unhappy wife who kills her investment banker husband in Hong Kong so she can be with her blue-collar lover. McGinniss lived in Western Massachusetts.

2004

In 2004, McGinniss published The Big Horse, a compelling nonfiction account of a colorful thoroughbred trainer's one big success.

2002

Teaching journalism and creative writing at Soka University of America. [May 2002]

1996

"McGinniss traveled to Italy in 1996 where he wrote The Miracle of Castel di Sangro, which detailed the dramatic life and times of an Italian football (soccer) team.

1995

But in the end, despite being present throughout the long trial from January to October 1995, McGinniss declined to write any book on the case and gave back the $1 million, calling the trial: "a farce from start to finish," and the verdict: "a mockery of justice.

1993

McGinniss's next book, published in 1993, was The Last Brother, a biography of Ted Kennedy. McGinniss was offered a $1 million advance by his publisher to write a book on the O. J. Simpson criminal trial. The former football player was charged with the double murder of his ex-wife and a friend of hers.

1990

Blind Faith (1990), published in 1989, and Cruel Doubt (1992), published in 1991, were more or less part of a trilogy of crime dramas featuring dysfunctional families driven to extreme measures of murder.

1987

After a mistrial in 1987 the case was settled out of court. McGinniss followed the success of Fatal Vision with two more real-life crime dramas.

1984

Fatal Vision (1984), published in 1983. Fatal Vision was an immediate bestseller, which sold three million copies and earned McGinniss a place in the author's guild of the world. The book angered the imprisoned MacDonald so much that he sued McGinniss for breach of contract, claiming McGinniss wrote a book full of "contradictions and fabrications" portraying MacDonald as guilty when he, to his day, claims that he was wrongfully convicted.

1980

Going to Extremes, published in 1980, was an account of his adventures and misadventures in Alaska. The book was a critical success and landed on the front page of the New York Times Book Review.

1979

McGinniss's big commercial break came in 1979 when he met Jeffrey MacDonald, a former Green Beret U. S.

1976

In the next book, Heroes, published in 1976, McGinniss mixed journalism with memoir. Critics gave the book mixed reviews, but the book earned him respect as an honest writer on a quest for self-understanding.

1972

McGinniss's next book, The Dream Team, published in 1972, was the story of a successful young novelist who ends up unhinged by his obsession with horse racing, women, and alcohol. Its reception was something of a letdown.

1970

Army doctor accused of murdering his wife and two daughters back in 1970. The doctor agreed to let McGinniss write a book about his murder trial. MacDonald was convicted of the triple murder and sentenced to life in prison. McGinniss researched MacDonald's case for three more years.

1969

The book, The Selling of the President, was published in 1969. It earned him various positive critic reviews and put his name on the New York Times bestseller list overnight.

1968

Two years later, in 1968 McGinniss stumbled upon a story that would become his first book. While working on a profile of Howard Cosell for TV Guide, McGinniss learned that a friend of Cosell's had the advertising account for Hubert Humphrey's presidential campaign. Humphrey would not cooperate with McGinniss, but Richard Nixon's campaign advisor's allowed him to observe first-hand the process of "selling" a president to the public.

1966

McGinniss then worked as a sportswriter for The Philadelphia Bulletin, and soon its competitor The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he became a columnist in 1966.

1964

After graduating from Holy Crossin 1964, McGinniss worked as a reporter for the Worcester Telegram,where he realized that he had a talent worth pursuing.

1942

Joe McGinniss was born in New York City in 1942. After finishing high school, he attended Holy Cross College in Worchester, Massachusetts, where he worked for the school newspaper and, during summers, the Port Chester Daily Item.