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Laurence Leamer was born on 30 October, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., is an American author and journalist. Discover Laurence Leamer'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 networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Occupation Non-fiction author, journalist
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 30 October, 1941
Birthday 30 October
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1941

Laurence Leamer (born October 30, 1941) is an American author and journalist.

Leamer is a former Ford Fellow in International Development at the University of Oregon and a former International Fellow at Columbia University.

He is regarded as an expert on the Kennedy family and has appeared in numerous media outlets discussing American politics.

Leamer has also written best-selling biographies of other Americans, including Johnny Carson, the Reagan family, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He has also written a book about Donald Trump's historical resort, Mar-a-Lago.

His book, Capote's Women, was a national bestseller, and was adapted as the second season of Feud starring Naomi Watts and directed by Gus Van Sant.

Leamer was born in Chicago and later moved to upstate New York with his family where he attended Vestal Central High School.

He attended Antioch College where he spent a year in France, studied at the Université de Besançon, and worked in a factory.

1964

He received his B.A. in History from Antioch in 1964.

After his graduation, Leamer joined the Peace Corps and was stationed in the mountains of Nepal.

1969

When he returned home, Leamer studied both at the University of Oregon and the Columbia University School of Journalism, where he graduated second in his class in 1969 while being named a Pulitzer International Fellow.

After finishing at Columbia, Leamer worked as an associate editor at Newsweek before turning to writing magazine articles for a range of publications, including Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, and Playboy.

During this period, Leamer worked in a coal mine in West Virginia, while researching an article.

1971

During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he was the only journalist to live in a Bengali hotel in Dacca and travel to remote areas of the newborn Bangladesh.

His article in Harper's won a citation from the Overseas Press Club for "Best Magazine Reporting".

Leamer's writings on the Kennedy family have achieved considerable popularity: for instance, The Kennedy Women was the main selection of the Book of the Month Club and reached number two on the New York Times Best Seller list.

His other Kennedy biography The Kennedy Men was also a New York Times bestseller,

He has been interviewed by NBC Nightly News, The New York Times, CNN and NPR to lend his expertise to matters concerning the Kennedys, Ronald Reagan, and American politics.

In the period following the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr., Leamer served as the on-air consultant for MSNBC's coverage of the plane crash and subsequent funeral.

He again served as a consultant during the coverage of former President Ronald Reagan's funeral.

Leamer has also written a biography of Johnny Carson titled King of the Night, which spent over six weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.

In writing his novel Assignment, Leamer lived in Peru for two years to research the cocaine trade.

He again immersed himself in his topic when he moved to Nashville to research the business and lifestyle of country music and its many stars for Three Chords and the Truth.

Each of the books were lauded for the depth of their research.

Leamer's work on the life of famed mountaineer Willi Unsoeld was purchased by Robert Redford's production company to be turned into a film that remains in the development stages.

2013

His 2013 book The Price of Justice is the story of two Pittsburgh lawyers and their decade and a half struggle against the most powerful coal baron in American history.

It involves allegations concerning the deaths of 31 miners, the poisoning of the water of hundreds of people, and of judicial corruption in the West Virginia Supreme Court and a landmark decision in the United States Supreme Court.

The book won the Peace Corps Writers award for the best nonfiction book of 2013.

2016

So did Leamer's 2016 book The Lynching, about the Klan murder of Michael Donald.

2019

Leamer's 2019 book Mar-a-Lago: Inside the Gates of Power at Donald Trump's Presidential Palace was controversial and got Leamer thrown out of Mar-a-Lago for life.

His 2021 book, Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era, was a national bestseller.

Leamer is married to Vesna Obradovic, who assists him with the research for his books.

The author has one daughter, Daniela, and two grandchildren.

The couple maintain residences in Palm Beach, Florida and Washington, D.C. Leamer's brother, Edward, is an economics professor at UCLA, the Chauncey J. Medberry Chair in Management, and director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast.

His other brother, Robert, is an attorney and executive vice president of a Brooklyn-based long-term care health system.