Joie Davidow

Joie Davidow is an author and editor. She was one of the founders of the L.A. Weekly, a newspaper that has been publishing in Los Angeles since December, 1978. [ [http://www.laweekly.com/supplement/20th-anniversary/la-weekly-the-paper-that-wouldnt-die/12273/ LA Weekly - Supplement - L.A. Weekly: The paper That Wouldn’t Die - Greg Burk - The Essential Online Resource for Los Angeles ] ] She launched the monthly magazine L.A. Style in 1982, covering all areas of style, from fashion, interior design and architecture to food and travel. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlighthealth/2003-08-08-birthmark_x.htm USATODAY.com - 'L.A. Style' editor erasing birthmark's stigma ] ] It became the fastest growing newspaper in the United StatesFact|date=October 2007 and was acquired by American Express Publishing in 1985. She is the author of a memoir about living with a facial port wine stain, "Marked for Life" (Harmony) and with Esmeralda Santiago she edited two story anthologies, "Las Mamis" and "Las Christmas" (both published by Knopf). She is currently a founder and the editor of a weekly online magazine www.inromenow.com, and makes her home in Rome, Italy.

Books

Joie Davidow "I Wouldn't Leave Rome to Go to Heaven" 2008 ISBN 1-4363-1186-1
* Joie Davidow, "Marked for Life", Harmony 2003, ISBN 978-1400047413
* Esmeralda Santiago and Joie Davidow, "Las Mamis", Knopf 2000, ISBN 978-0375408793
* Joie Davidow, "Infusions of Healing", Fireside 1999, ISBN 978-0684854168
* Esmeralda Santiago and Joie Davidow, "Las Christmas", Knopf 1998, ISBN 978-0375401510

References

External links

* [http://www.joiedavidow.com/ Joie Davidow's official web-site]
* [http://publishersmarketplace.com/members/Romajoie/ Joie Davidow at PublishersMarketplace]