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 Simon
& Schuster, William Morrow, Prentice-Hall, Harcourt Brace,
John Wiley and Sons, Ballantine, MacMillan, Random House
and HarperCollins have all published books by George
Mair.
He has written widely for both print and broadcast media
including nine celebrity biographies (Oprah, Bette, Rosie,
Liza, Judds, Barry Diller, Jeff Gordon, Rick Karn and Stan
Lee) plus 11 other non- fiction works. In addition, he has
written true crime works including Star Stalkers about those
who haunt and often murder celebrities; Lethal Ladies
about women who murder for love; and, Family Money
about rich heirs driven to murder, suicide, drugs, incest
and infidelity.
One of his recent books was with Richard Karn of the hit
TV show, Home Improvement. Released in May, 1999, HOUSE
BROKEN: How I Remodeled My Home For Just Under Three Times
The Original Bid and was named "Book of the Week" by
People Magazine. Other Mair biographies were, Natural
Born Winner, the story of Jeff Gordon, NASCAR race champion
(1998) and The Judds about Naomi, Wynonna and Ashley
(1998). He finished work in 2002 on the memoirs of the most
creative comic book writer in the world, Stan Lee, the creator
of Spiderman, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four and scores of
other superheroes.
While at KNX-CBS for ten years (1966-1976), he became the
most prolific radio documentary and editorial writer in
the network's history and received 32 writing awards including
the prestigious Columbia-Columbia University Silver Scroll
for the best radio writing in America.
His first celebrity biography was Oprah in 1995 and,
more recently, his Rosie O'Donnell: Her True Story,
was released in 1997. Glamour Magazine said, "This bio is
as wholesome as O'Donnell's public persona. Also, out in
1997 was his biography of legendary movie mogul, The
Barry Diller Story, from John Wiley & Sons.
Mair has been a CBS broadcaster; L.A. TIMES nationally syndicated
columnist; chief public relations counsel to Home Box Office;
chief press officer to Speaker of Congress; and, radio talk-show
host on top-rated WPGC in Washington, D.C.
His most recent published book (2004-05) is:Man With
A Purpose :The life story of the most admired, successful
Protestant pastor in America, Rev. Rick Warren. Published
by Berkley.
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