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Joan Barthel
Joan Barthel is an award-winning author of nonfiction and a contributor to many national publications, including the Washington Post Magazine and the New York Times Magazine. Her f...view moreJoan Barthel is an award-winning author of nonfiction and a contributor to many national publications, including the Washington Post Magazine and the New York Times Magazine. Her first book, A Death in Canaan (1976), uncovered the miscarriage of justice in the case of a Connecticut teenager accused of murdering his mother. It won the American Bar Association Gavel Award, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and became an Emmy-nominated television movie. A Death in California (1981), the story of a Beverley Hills socialite caught in the thrall of the man who murdered her fiancé, was the basis for a television miniseries. Love or Honor (1989), the extraordinary account of a married undercover cop who infiltrated the Greek mafia only to fall in love with the Capo’s daughter, was called “fascinating” and “compelling” by Nicholas Pileggi. Barthel cowrote Rosemary Clooney’s autobiography, Girl Singer (1999), and is the author of American Saint (2014), a biography of Elizabeth Seton with a foreword by Maya Angelou.view less
Books by Joan Barthel
A Death in California: A True Account of Love and Murder Among the Very Rich A Death in Canaan: A Classic Case of Good and Evil in a Small New England Town Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Love or Honor: The True Story of an Undercover Cop Who Fell in Love with a Mafia Boss's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Deadly Obsessions: Three True Crime Sagas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings