Leslie Marshall (writer) explained

Leslie Marshall
Birth Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Education:National Cathedral School
Bryn Mawr College (BA)
Spouse:Dominic Bradlee (divorced 1998)
Children:3

Leslie Marshall Weld (born 1953) is an American journalist, magazine editor, and novelist.

Early life and education

Marshall was born in 1953 in Washington, D.C., and attended the National Cathedral School.[1] She completed a bachelor of arts at Bryn Mawr College.[2]

Career

Marshall has worked as a magazine writer and novelist. She was a reporter for The Washington Post.[2] Marshall has written for Real Simple, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She was a contributing editor for InStyle.

Marshall is the author of the 2004 novel, A Girl Could Stand Up.[3] [4]

Personal life

Marshall is the mother of three children, twins Josephine and Beatrice, and son Marshall, from her first marriage to Dominic "Dino" Bradlee, son of Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee.[5] [6] [7] They divorced in 1998.[8]

On June 14, 2003, Marshall married Bill Weld, the former Governor of Massachusetts, a longtime friend and neighbor, on the lawn of their beach house in Bellport, New York.[9] [10] [11] The newlyweds, with Marshall's 12-year-old twin girls and 9-year-old son lived in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in her summer house on the Beaver Kill river and his summer house near the Ausable Club in the Adirondacks.[12] During their marriage, Weld ran, unsuccessfully, for Governor of New York on the Republican ticket, and for Vice President of the United States on the Libertarian ticket. Marshall campaigned with and for her husband in both races.[13] [14] In 2006, Marshall and Maggie Brooks were co-chairwomen of the "Women for Weld" initiative.[15] In contrast to Susan Roosevelt Weld, Marshall "embraces" political life.[16]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: O'Sullivan. Bill. Passage to India. 5 August 2016. Washington Post. 1 July 2003.
  2. Web site: Who Is Bill Weld's Wife? She Has Serious Credentials As A Writer. Flanagan. Mara. July 7, 2016. Romper. en. 2019-01-08.
  3. Reviews of A Girl Could Stand Up:
    • News: Just the right mix of pain and humor. Ciuraru. Carmela. August 1, 2003. The Los Angeles Times. Newspapers.com.
    • News: The Art of Dying (book review). Myerson. Julie. 9 January 2004. 5 August 2016. The Guardian. Julie Myerson.
    • News: Preposterous, but a pleasure (book review). Dallas. Lucy. 27 December 2003. The Daily Telegraph. .
    • News: Bouncing Back (book review). Butterworth. Trevor. 17 August 2003. Washington Post. .
    • News: Hooray for more dysfunctional Hollywood tosh ; VA Girl Could Stand Up (book review). Flanagan. Mary. 14 January 2004. The Independent. .
    • News: 'Stand Up' Has No Legs; Strong Start Then Weirdness (book review). Campbell. Susan. 7 September 2003. Hartford Courant. .
    • News: Don't be Fooled by Titles, These Aren't Just 'Chick Books'. Davis. Mandy. 18 June 2003. St. Louis Post - Dispatch. .
  4. News: Beggy . Carol . Shanahan . Mark . Bookends . . 24 July 2003. .
  5. News: Tatya . Robertson . Weld Poised to Return to Political Fray in N.Y. . Boston Globe . 5 September 2005. .
  6. News: The Reliable Source. Goer. Annie. 7 May 1997. 8 January 2019. Washington Post. Gerhart. Ann.
  7. News: Weld's comeback dreams dashed He quits campaign for N.Y. governor. Mooney. Brian. 7 June 2006. 5 August 2016. Boston Globe.
  8. News: Peretz . Evgenia . Something About Sally . 13 January 2019 . . 2 June 2010.
  9. News: Grove . Lloyd . The Reliable Source . 8 January 2019 . . 3 June 2003.
  10. News: Inside Track; Weld, new missus have novel affair. Fee. Gayle. 23 July 2003. Boston Herald. Reposa. Laura. .
  11. News: Plagiarism is no laughing matter. Smith. Liz. May 27, 2003. The Palm Beach Post. 2019-01-08. Newspapers.com.
  12. News: Gordon . Meryl . Weld at Heart . 8 January 2019 . New York.
  13. News: Weld poised to return to political fray in N.Y.. Robertson. Tatsha. September 5, 2005. The Boston Globe. 2019-01-08. Newspapers.com.
  14. Book: Kuhr, Fred. Flip-flopping on (Gay) marriage. 2005-09-27. The Advocate. en.
  15. News: After Faso's voting record on women revealed, Weld offers 'Women for Weld'. Gormley. Michael. May 19, 2016. Press & Sun-Bulletin. 2019-01-08. Newspapers.com.
  16. News: The return of the brahmin. October 2016. The Boston Globe Magazine. 2019-01-08. R52. Newspapers.com.

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