Joe McGinniss

Joseph Ralph McGinniss Sr. (December 9, 1942 – March 10, 2014) was an American non-fiction writer and novelist. He was the author of twelve books.

McGinniss first came to prominence with the best-selling ''The Selling of the President 1968'' which described the marketing of then-presidential candidate Richard Nixon. He is popularly known for his trilogy of bestselling true crime books—''Fatal Vision'', ''Blind Faith'' and ''Cruel Doubt''—which were adapted into TV miniseries in the 1980s and 90s. His last book was ''The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin'', an account of Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska who was the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee. Provided by Wikipedia