Julie M. Fenster

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Julie M. Fenster (born November 20, 1957) is an American author of historical articles and books focusing on nineteenth century events and personages.

She stars in a TV commercial for Cheapbooks which will be airing in early 2008. She is shown at a book signing for her work "Race of the Century".

Notable works include:

• Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It (2001)
• Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine: The Pioneers Who Risked Their Lives to Bring Medicine into the Modern Age (2003)
• Race of the Century: The Heroic True Story of the 1908 New York to Paris Auto Race (2006)
• The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President (2007)

In January 2006, she and co-author Douglas Brinkley released Parish Priest, a biography of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus.

In 2003 she won The Anesthesia Foundation’s 2003 Book/Multimedia Education Award for Ether Day.

[edit] External links

• The Ether Controversy: Milestone in American Medicine; review/criticism; [1]
  
• Anesthesia Foundation; 2003 award/recognition; [2]
  
• Fenster's web page at HarperCollins [3]
  
• Interview on The Case of Abraham Lincoln at the Pritzker Military Library