Julie M. Fenster

Julie M. Fenster (born November 20, 1957) is an American author of historical articles and books focusing on nineteenth century events and personages.

She stars in a TV commercial for Cheapbooks which will be airing in early 2008. She is shown at a book signing for her work "Race of the Century".

In 2003 she won The Anesthesia Foundation’s 2003 Book/Multimedia Education Award for "Ether Day".

In January 2006, she and co-author Douglas Brinkley released "Parish Priest", a biography of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus.

Notable works

*"Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and the Haunted Men Who Made It" (2001)
*"Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine: The Pioneers Who Risked Their Lives to Bring Medicine into the Modern Age" (2003)
*"Race of the Century: The Heroic True Story of the 1908 New York to Paris Auto Race" (2006)
*"The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President" (2007)

External links

* The Ether Controversy: Milestone in American Medicine; review/criticism; [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0028-4866(200209)75%3A3%3C487%3ATECMIA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X]
* Anesthesia Foundation; 2003 award/recognition; [http://www.asahq.org/Newsletters/2004/01_04/asaNews01_04.html]
* Fenster's web page at HarperCollins [http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/19994/Julie_Fenster/index.aspx]
* [http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2007-11-08-JulieFenster.jsp Interview] on "The Case of Abraham Lincoln" at the Pritzker Military Library