Meryle Secrest: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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Secrest was born and educated in Bath, England. Her father was a tool and die maker, her mother a factory worker. She began her career as a [[journalist]] in England. After her family emigrated to Canada, she worked as women's editor for the [[Hamilton News]] in [[Ontario, Canada]]; shortly thereafter she was named "Most Promising Young Writer" by the [[Canadian Women's Press Club]]. In 1964 she began writing for the ''[[Washington Post]]'', doing profile interviews of notable personalities from [[Leonard Bernstein]] to [[Anaïs Nin]].

In 1975 she left the ''Post'' to write full-time. Since then she has written a number of critically-acclaimed biographies; her subjects have included [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], Joseph [[Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen|Joseph Lord Duveen]], [[Stephen Sondheim]], [[Leonard Bernstein]], [[Salvador Dali]], [[Kenneth Clark]], [[Bernard Berenson]], [[Romaine Brooks]], and [[Richard Rodgers]]. She has also published an autobiography entitled ''Shoot the Widow''.

She now lives in Washington, D.C. <ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=27553 Random House author page]</ref>.