David France (writer)

David France (writer)

David France is an American investigative reporter and non-fiction author. He is a a contributing editor for New York magazine,[1] former Newsweek senior editor and published in magazines such as The New Yorker,[2] The New York Times Magazine and GQ.[3]

France is the author of three books, including Our Fathers, a book about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States. The book was adapted by Showtime for a film by the same name, which received Emmy nominations and a Writers Guild of America award. The Confession, which he wrote with former Governor of New Jersey Jim McGreevey, was a New York Times best seller, debuting at #3 in nonfiction hardcover sales and #1 in biography.[4]

A 2007 article France wrote for GQ, Dying to Come Out: The War On Gays in Iraq, won a GLAAD Media Award.[5] He spent a year with the family of a boy who committed suicide and undertook a forensic approach in an article about it for the Ladies' Home Journal.[6] The piece, entitled "Broken Promises", which he wrote with Diane Salvatore, won a Mental Health America 'Excellence in Mental Health Journalism' award in 2008.[7]

On June 2, 2007, France appeared on The Colbert Report to discuss the scientific basis that homosexuality is genetic.[8]

References

  1. ^ David France New York magazine articles
  2. ^ David France New Yorker articles
  3. ^ David France GQ articles
  4. ^ Ex-N.J. 'Gay Governor' James E. McGreevey's Book a Best Seller, Associated Press via Fox News, September 28, 2006
  5. ^ 19th Annual GLAAD Media Award recipients
  6. ^ Time To Have a Little Talk About Those "Women's Magazines?", Sheila Weller, Huffington Post, December 30, 2008
  7. ^ 2008 Mental Health America Media Awards
  8. ^ Colbert Report interview, June 26, 2007

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