Sara Davidson

Sara Davidson
Born	1943 (age 81–82)[1] United States
Occupation	Novelist, journalist,[2] producer
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley[2]
Notable works	Loose Change[3]
Website
saradavidson.com

Sara Davidson (born 1943)[1] is an American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter.[2] She is the author of the best-selling Loose Change.[3] It was adapted as a television mini-series. In addition, she has written other series and served as producer.

Early life and education

Davidson grew up in California and graduated from Los Angeles High School in 1960.[4] She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.[2] She also attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and started her writing career as a journalist.

Journalist

Davidson's first job was as a reporter with the Boston Globe.[2] She has also written for magazines including The Atlantic Monthly,[5] Esquire,[5] Harper's Magazine,[1][5][6] Life,[5] McCall's,[5] Ms.,[5] The New York Times Magazine,[5] Newsweek,[6][7] O, The Oprah Magazine,[6][8] Ramparts[5] and Rolling Stone.[5]

Personal

In 1968, she was briefly married to Jonathan Schwartz, a popular-music radio deejay in New York City. She later married again, to a Los Angeles businessman. They had a son and a daughter together, but were divorced.[9]

In the 1990s she had an affair with "real-life cowboy" Richard Goff. Their relationship inspired her largely autobiographical novel Cowboy(1999).[10]

Books

• 1977 Loose Change: three women of the sixties,[11][12] This was adapted as a television mini-series airing in 1978.[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
• 2014 The December Project: An Extraordinary Rabbi and a Skeptical Seeker Confront Life's Greatest Mystery.
• 2023 The Didion Files: Fifty Years of Friendship with Joan Didion

Television

Davidson's novel Loose Change (1977) was adapted for a mini-series. In addition, she wrote and produced a number of television series. She created the series Jack and Mike (1986),[21] and HeartBeat (1988).[22] She was the co-executive producer for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.[23]

References

1. "Davidson, Sara (1943–)". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
2. Wakefield, Dan (2007-02-25). "Finding a new way forward". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
3. Harmetz, Aljean (1978-04-20). "Mini-series offer big gambles and rewards". The Ledger. Lakeland, Florida. p. 9B. Archived from the original on 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2009-06-07. "Loose Change," based on a best-selling book by Sara Davidson . From The New York Times
4. "Classmates - Find your school, yearbooks and alumni online". secure.classmates.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
5. Applegate, Edd (1996). Literary journalism: a biographical dictionary of writers and editors. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 58. ISBN 0-313-29949-8. Retrieved 2009-06-09. davidson sara journalism columbia.
6. Davidson, Sara. "Biography". Archived from the original on 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
7. Davidson, Sara (2008-09-22). "My Mother's Case of 'Pleasant Dementia'". Newsweek. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
8. Davidson, Sara (2003-03-01). "Murder in Westwood". O, The Oprah Magazine. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
9. Wadler, Joyce (2007-03-01). "A new chapter for Sara Davidson, a voice of the boomers". New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
10. Warrick, Pamela (1999-03-22). "Love on the Range". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
11. "Sara Davidson Books". Archived from the original on 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
12. Davidson, Sara (1977). Loose change by Sara Davidson. Doubleday. ISBN 9780385036306. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
13. ""Loose Change" (1978)". IMDb. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
14. Davidson, Sara (1980). Real property by Sara Davidson. Doubleday. ISBN 9780385155731. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
15. Davidson, Sara (1984). Friends of the opposite sex by Sara Davidson. Doubleday. ISBN 9780385133814. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
16. Hudson, Rock; Davidson, Sara (1986). Rock Hudson: his story. Morrow. ISBN 9780688064723. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
17. Davidson, Sara (1999). Cowboy by Sara Davidson. Cliff Street Books. ISBN 9780060193263. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
18. "Sara Davidson LEAP!". Archived from the original on 2009-07-20. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
19. Davidson, Sara (2007). Leap! by Sara Davidson. Random House. ISBN 9780345478085. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
20. Wadler, Joyce (March 1, 2007). "Writing Her Own Sequel". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
21. "Jack and Mike". Television. The New York Times. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
22. "HeartBeat". Television. The New York Times. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
23. "Sara Davidson Radio and television". Archived from the original on 2009-02-02. Retrieved 2009-06-07.

External links

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