Leslie Marshall (writer)

Leslie Marshall Weld (born 1953) is an American journalist, magazine editor, and novelist.

Leslie Marshall
Born1953 (age 69–70)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • magazine editor
  • novelist
NationalityAmerican
EducationNational Cathedral School
Bryn Mawr College (BA)
SpouseDominic Bradlee (divorced 1998)
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(m. 2003)​
Children3

Early life and education

Marshall was born in 1953 in Washington, D.C., and attended the National Cathedral School.[1] She completed a bachelor of arts at Bryn Mawr College.[2]

Career

Marshall has worked as a magazine writer and novelist.[1] She was a reporter for The Washington Post.[2] Marshall has written for Real Simple, and O, The Oprah Magazine. She was a contributing editor for InStyle.[2]

Marshall is the author of the 2004 novel, A Girl Could Stand Up.[3][4]

Personal life

Marshall is the mother of three children, twins Josephine and Beatrice, and son Marshall, from her first marriage to Dominic "Dino" Bradlee, son of Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee.[5][6][7] They divorced in 1998.[8]

On June 14, 2003, Marshall married Bill Weld, the former Governor of Massachusetts, a longtime friend and neighbor, on the lawn of their beach house in Bellport, New York.[9][10][11] The newlyweds, with Marshall's 12-year-old twin girls and 9-year-old son lived in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in her summer house on the Beaver Kill river and his summer house near the Ausable Club in the Adirondacks.[12] During their marriage, Weld ran, unsuccessfully, for Governor of New York on the Republican ticket, and for Vice President of the United States on the Libertarian ticket. Marshall campaigned with and for her husband in both races.[13][14] In 2006, Marshall and Maggie Brooks were co-chairwomen of the "Women for Weld" initiative.[15] In contrast to Susan Roosevelt Weld, Marshall "embraces" political life.[16]

See also

References
  1. O'Sullivan, Bill (1 July 2003). "Passage to India". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  2. Flanagan, Mara (July 7, 2016). "Who Is Bill Weld's Wife? She Has Serious Credentials As A Writer". Romper. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  3. Reviews of A Girl Could Stand Up:
  4. Beggy, Carol; Shanahan, Mark (24 July 2003). "Bookends". Boston Globe. ProQuest 405536512.
  5. Tatya, Robertson (5 September 2005). "Weld Poised to Return to Political Fray in N.Y.". Boston Globe. ProQuest 404979114.
  6. Goer, Annie; Gerhart, Ann (7 May 1997). "The Reliable Source". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  7. Mooney, Brian (7 June 2006). "Weld's comeback dreams dashed He quits campaign for N.Y. governor". Boston Globe. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  8. Peretz, Evgenia (2 June 2010). "Something About Sally". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  9. Grove, Lloyd (3 June 2003). "The Reliable Source". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  10. Fee, Gayle; Reposa, Laura (23 July 2003). "Inside Track; Weld, new missus have novel affair". Boston Herald. ProQuest 400272725.
  11. Smith, Liz (May 27, 2003). "Plagiarism is no laughing matter". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 2019-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Gordon, Meryl. "Weld at Heart". New York. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  13. Robertson, Tatsha (September 5, 2005). "Weld poised to return to political fray in N.Y." The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2019-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. Kuhr, Fred (2005-09-27). Flip-flopping on (Gay) marriage. The Advocate.
  15. Gormley, Michael (May 19, 2016). "After Faso's voting record on women revealed, Weld offers 'Women for Weld'". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Retrieved 2019-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. "The return of the brahmin". The Boston Globe Magazine. October 2016. p. R52. Retrieved 2019-01-08 – via Newspapers.com.
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