Sara Davidson

Sara Davidson (born 1943)^[1] is a journalist, novelist, and screenwriter.^[2] She is the author of the best-selling Loose Change.^[4]

Personal

In 1968, she was briefly married to famed NYC popular-music radio deejay Jonathan Schwartz. A second marriage—to a Los Angeles businessman—produced a son and a daughter, but also ended in divorce.^[5] Her 1990s affair with "real-life cowboy" Richard Goff was the basis for her largely autobiographical novel Cowboy in 1999.^[6]

Education

Davidson graduated from University of California, Berkeley;^[2] also attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Journalist

Davidson's first job was as a reporter with the Boston Globe.^[2] She has also written for magazines including The Atlantic Monthly,^[7] Esquire.^[7] Harper's Magazine,^[1][7][8] Life,^[7] McCall's,^[7] Ms.,^[7] The New York Times Magazine,^[7] Newsweek,^[8][9] O, The Oprah Magazine,^[8][10] Ramparts^[7] and Rolling Stone.^[7]

Books

• 1977 Loose change: three women of the sixties,^[11][12] which was adapted into a television mini-series^[13]
• 1980 Real property^[11][14]
• 1984 Friends of the opposite sex, ISBN 0-385-13381-2^[11][15]
• 1986 Rock Hudson: his story, written with Rock Hudson, ISBN 0-688-06472-8^[11][16]
• 1999 Cowboy, ISBN 0-06-019326-3^[11][17]
• 2007 Leap!: What Will We Do with the Rest of Our Lives?, ISBN 978-0-345-47808-5^[18][19][20]
• 2012 Joan: Forty Years of Life, Loss, and Friendship with Joan Didion, ISBN 978-1-61452-016-0

Television

In addition to having her novel Loose Change adapted for a mini-series, Davidson wrote and produced a number of television series. She created the series Jack and Mike,^[21] and HeartBeat.^[22] She was the co-executive producer for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.^[3][23]

References

External links

• Sara Davidson
• An 'Oppressed Majority' Demands Its Rights from Life magazine, by Sara Davidson (1969)