Edward Klein
American journalist and author
Edward Klein is an American journalist and author who once led The New York Times Magazine as its top editor. He has written books about the Kennedys, the Clintons and the Obamas, including Blood Feud.
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American Born 1936 in Yonkers, United States
About Edward Klein
Edward Klein began his career as a copy boy at the New York Daily News and went on to report for The World Telegram & Sun. He studied at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, then worked in Asia as a foreign correspondent for United Press International. He later joined Newsweek, where he became foreign editor. Klein ran The New York Times Magazine as its top editor from 1977 until 1987. After that he wrote for Vanity Fair and other magazines, and for almost 20 years he wrote the Parade column "Personality Parade" under the pen name Walter Scott. His books cover the Kennedys, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack and Michelle Obama, and Donald Trump. They include Blood Feud: The Clintons Vs. The Obamas and The Amateur, which was a New York Times bestseller.