Madeleine Blais Explained

Madeleine Blais (born 1947) is an American journalist, author and professor in the University of Massachusetts Amherst's journalism department.^[1] As a reporter for the Miami Herald, Blais earned the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 1980 for "Zepp's Last Stand",^[2] a story about a self-declared pacifist and subsequently dishonorably discharged World War I veteran. Blais has worked at The Boston Globe (1971–1972), The Trenton Times (1974–1976) and the Miami Herald (1979–1987).^[3] She has also published articles in The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Northeast Magazine in the Hartford Courant, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, Nieman Reports, the Detroit Free Press and the San Jose Mercury News.^[1] She is from Amherst, Massachusetts.

Personal life

She graduated from the College of New Rochelle in 1969. While there, she roomed with Mercedes Ruehl and Suzanne Hampton. She is married to author John Katzenbach.^[4]

Works

• Book: The Heart Is an Instrument: Portraits in Journalism. 1992. University of Massachusetts Press. 978-0-87023-942-7 .
• In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995,
• Book: Uphill Walkers: Portrait of a Family. 2002. 978-0-8021-3892-7. Grove Press. ^[5]
• Book: Zepp's Last Stand. Pulitzer Prize feature stories: Americas best writing, 1979–2003. David Garlock. Wiley-Blackwell. 2003. 978-0-8138-2545-8 .
• Book: The Beard. Bad girls: 26 writers misbehave. Ellen Sussman. W. W. Norton. 2007. 978-0-393-06463-6.
• Book: To the New Owners. Atlantic Monthly Press. 2017. 978-0802127877.

Notes and References

1. Web site: UMASS Journalism - Full time faculty . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080724035940/http://www.umass.edu/journal/UMAJournalism/facultyStaff/bios/blais_bio.html . 2008-07-24 .
2. Web site: 1980 Winners and Finalists . Columbia University .
3. News: 'To the New Owners,' About a Summer Place (Too) Well Loved. Garner. Dwight. 2017-07-11. The New York Times. 2018-12-15. en-US. 0362-4331.
4. Web site: Q&A: Maddy Blais Talks Martha's Vineyard, Writing, and Noticing Happiness. The National Book Review. en-US. 2018-12-15.
5. https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/pulitzer-prize-winning-author-madeleine-blais-give-distinguished-faculty-lecture-umass Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Madeleine Blais to Give Distinguished Faculty Lecture at UMass Amherst Nov. 27 | Office of News & Media Relations | UMass Amherst