Dorothy Gallagher


Dorothy Gallagher is an American memoirist and biographer known for her two biographies All [the Right Enemies], her biography on Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca and a 1988 The [New York Times|New York Times] Notable Book of the Year, and Lillian Hellman: An Imperious Life a critical biography of writer and playwright Lilian Hellman.

Background

Dorothy Gallagher was born in 1935 and raised in New York City.

Career

Gallagher started out as a features editor for Redbook Magazine before becoming a freelance writer whose work has been published in New York Times Magazine">The New York Times">New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, and ''Grand Street.''

Works

Gallgher is also known for her memoirs Hannah's Daughters, How I Came into My Inheritance, Strangers in the House, and Stories I Forgot to Tell You.
;Books
  • Hannah's daughters: six generations of an American family, 1876-1976
  • All the right enemies: the life and murder of Carlo Tresca
  • How I came into my inheritance: and other true stories
  • Life stories aka Strangers in the house: life stories
  • Mural at the Waverly Inn : a portrait of Greenwich Village bohemians / Edward Sorel
  • Lillian Hellman: an imperious life
  • If you're ever back this way
  • Stories I forgot to tell you
;Articles
  • "My Father's House," ''The Atlantic Monthly''