biographer

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Paul was “one of the most gregarious playboys in New York City,” according to biographer Frank Brady, author of “The Publisher,” and Paul and William Randolph Hearst were regulars at New York nightclubs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The rest of his career was largely devoted to complicating and enriching the portrait, transforming himself, as his best biographer, James Gindin, observed, from a satirist into a practitioner of the “novel of compassion.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In the words of biographer David Reynolds, Brown’s execution helped “spark” the Civil War.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

He cites a particular debt to biographer Meryle Secrest’s extensive taped interviews, from the mid-1990s, with Sondheim and others.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

During these same years, Elizebeth searched for a biographer to write the story of William’s life.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield