Marshall Frady

Marshall Bolton Frady (January 11, 1940 – March 9, 2004) was an American Emmy Award-winning journalist and author particularly known for his work on the civil rights movement in the American South. In 1968, he published ''Wallace'', a biography of George Wallace, later described by contemporary Marc Cooper as "an instant classic". In 1982, he won an Emmy Award for his work on a documentary about mercenaries, ''Soldiers of the Twilight''.

His articles appeared in ''The New York Review of Books'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Newsweek'', ''Life'' and ''Harper's'', and he contributed to the American Broadcasting Company's news series ''Close Up'' and ''Nightline''. Provided by Wikipedia