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Terry McDonell. Robert Terry McDonell (born August 1, 1944) is an American editor, writer and publishing executive. [1] He is a co-founder of the Literary Hub website that launched in 2015. His memoir, The Accidental Life: An Editor's Notes on Writing and Writers, was published by Knopf in 2016, and he is also the author of Irma: The education ...
- Magazine editor
- August 1, 1944 (age 79), Norfolk, Virginia, United States
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Terry McDonell is a media executive, literary editor, and published author. Check out IRMA: The Education of a Mother's Son by Terry McDonell, to be released on April 11th. Pre-order now!
Nov 3, 2016 · Terry McDonell has spent a lifetime thinking about writing and writers. He's an editor who came up in the heady days of magazines in the '70s and '80s at Rolling Stone, Esquire, Outside. He ...
“Terry McDonell knew the wildest writers, edited most of them, and he remembers. A great read.” —Roy Blount, Jr. “Legendary editor McDonell’s account of dealings with great writers is catnip for anyone in the magazine business. Publishing gossip of the highest order from an unimpeachable source.
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Jul 20, 2016 · Terry McDonell’s new memoir, “The Accidental Life: An Editor’s Notes on Writing and Writers,” isn’t bitter at all. But he prints a joke that gets at journalism’s collective longing for ...
Aug 8, 2016 · Terry McDonell's new book, 'The Accidental Life,' chronicles his decades-long career as a magazine editor. (Photo: Penguin Random House/Rachel Cobb)
Aug 2, 2016 · Terry McDonnell was a renowned Editor of 13 magazines over his career in the business: Rolling Stone, Esquire, Sports Illustrated & US (before it became a weekly). He meet pretty much every writer that there was. Knew about all of them. Played Acid Golf with Hunter S. Thompson, went fishing with Jim Harrison, drank loads with George Plimpton.
