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Edward Klein is a bestselling nonfiction author who has written about the Kennedys and Hillary Clinton. Image File history File links Stop_hand. ... A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on a list of top-sellers. ... Non-fiction is a truthful account or representation of a subject which is composed of facts. ... John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy The Kennedy family is a prominent family in American politics and government descending from the marriage of Joseph P. and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. ... Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947), was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, as the wife of President Bill Clinton. ...

Klein is the former foreign editor of Newsweek and former editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine. He frequently contributes to Vanity Fair and PARADE; he has a weekly column in PARADE called "Personality Parade" under the pseudonym "Walter Scott". Many of his books have been on The New York Times Bestseller list. The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... American actress Demi Moore, on a typical Vanity Fair cover (August, 1991) Vanity Fair is a glossy American glamour magazine monthly that offers a mixture of articles based on sensational exaggerations, jet-set and entertainment-business personalities, politics, and lies. ... United States Marines on parade. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

He has been under fire for his biography on Hillary Clinton entitled, The Truth about Hillary:What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President which was released on June 21, 2005. On the day of its release Sean Hannity interviewed him on the radio. Radio host Al Franken, along with Joe Conason interviewed him on Air America in June 2005. During the interview, Franken and Conason exposed several inaccuracies in Klein's book, including incorrect names and deliberate omissions from quotes with the intention to deceive the reader.^[1] Klein claimed that he was not told that Conason will join the interview, but Franken asserted that Klein's publicist was informed that Conason would help conduct the interview. The Truth About Hillary The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far Shell Go to Become President is a political biography about New York junior Senator Hillary Clinton (D) by bestselling author and former The New York Times Magazine editor Edward Klein. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Al Franken (credit: Bill Hayward) Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American humorist, satirist, comedian, author, screenwriter, political commentator, and radio host, noted for his progressive politics. ... Joe Conason is a United States-based journalist and author and is a noted commentator for liberal positions. ... Air America pilot cap Air America was a CIA airline proprietary, a commercial organization secretly controlled by the CIA, that supplied covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. ...

A number of news outlets such as Oprah have refused to interview Klein on his biography of Hillary Clinton. The Oprah Winfrey Show is the longest-running daytime television talk show in the United States, and is hosted, produced and owned by Oprah Winfrey. ...

Klein is the step-father-in-law of Ruth Shalit. Father-in-law A father-in-law is a spouses father. ... Ruth Shalit was born in 1971. ...

Criticism

Klein's books have been dismissed by academics and journalists as "not only psychobabble," but "psychoblarney." An example of the criticism:

The Boston Herald has quoted him calling the late Carolyn Bessette Kennedy "a disturbed, neurotic, unstable young woman"; according to the Buffalo News, Klein's book The Kennedy Curse described Bessette Kennedy "sprawled on the floor in front of a sofa, disheveled and hollow-eyed, snorting cocaine with a gaggle of gay fashionistas." The News book review called The Kennedy Curse "a contrived and stretched effort that seeks legitimacy by surrounding a few interesting scoops with historical and psychological analysis," adding of one Klein passage, He takes a long and involved analysis of Ireland's Great Famine of the 1840s, links it to the emigration of JFK's great-grandfather to Boston, and applies enough psychobabble to explain everything from President Kennedy's womanizing to William Kennedy Smith's celebrated rape trial in 1991.^[2]

Partial list of books

• The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President, Sentinel, 2005.
• Farewell, Jackie: A Portrait of Her Final Days, Viking Books, 2004.
• All Too Human: The Love Story of Jack and Jackie Kennedy, St. Martin's Press, 2003.
• Just Jackie:Her Private Years, Ballatine Books, 1999.
• The Kennedy Curse: Why Tragedy Has Haunted America's First Family for 150 Years, Pocket Books, 1996.

The Truth About Hillary The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far Shell Go to Become President is a political biography about New York junior Senator Hillary Clinton (D) by bestselling author and former The New York Times Magazine editor Edward Klein. ...

References

1. ^  "Klein nailed on falsehoods in Al Franken Show grilling". Mediamatters. URL accessed on November 29, 2005. (With audio interview with Klein on the lies in his book The Truth About Hillary)
2. ^  "Conservative publisher announces plans to "Swift Boat" Sen. Clinton". Mediamatters. URL accessed on November 29, 2005.

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External links

• Biography at Ann Devlin's web site