Richard Bolles Parachute Pastor
Bolles wrote the best-known job-hunting guide ever.
From This is True for 2 April 2017
writing
Book, TV & film writers, journalists, and songwriters who aren’t primarily performers
Bernard Redmont Foreign correspondent
Redmont did nothing wrong, but was screwed over by his own government.
From This is True for 29 January 2017
Byron Dobell Editor
Dobell retired from editing in 1990 — and became a portrait painter.
From This is True for 22 January 2017
Alvin Toffler Futurist
Toffler saw a bigger picture, and started formulating a theory of social upheaval.
From This is True for 3 July 2016
Earl Hamner Jr Writer
Hamner served as the show’s executive producer and did the voice-overs.
From This is True for 27 March 2016
Ben Bagdikian Press freedom champion
Bagdikian pushed forward the publication of The Pentagon Papers.
From This is True for 13 March 2016
George Clayton Johnson Science fiction writer
Johnson wrote the first aired episode of Star Trek.
From This is True for 27 December 2015
Peg Lynch Sitcom pioneer
The first women to create a national radio show (a sitcom), and she was smart enough to keep ownership.
From This is True for 26 July 2015
Michael Blake Writer
Blake wanted to be a screenwriter, but his actor friend said to write it as a book instead.
From This is True for 3 May 2015
Avijit Roy Writer and social critic
Avijit was hacked to death by Muslim extremists for openly promoting reason and thought.
From This is True for 1 March 2015