James Brady

James Winston Brady (November 15, 1928 – January 26, 2009) was an American celebrity columnist who created the Page Six gossip column in the New York Post and W magazine; he wrote the In Step With column in Parade for nearly 25 years until his death. His career in journalism started working as a copy boy for the Daily News, where he worked while attending Manhattan College. He left the paper to serve in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War.

Writing career Brady wrote extensively about his experiences as a Marine in Korea, including his 1990 autobiography, The Coldest War, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

Clay Felker, publisher of New York magazine, hired Brady to create the Intelligencer column. His final column, a profile of actor Kevin Bacon, appeared in the February 15, 2009 issue.

Personal life and death Brady married Florence Kelly in 1958, and they had two daughters: Fiona Brady and author Susan Konig.

Brady died at his home in Manhattan on January 26, 2009, at the age of 80. The Scariest Place in the World: A Marine Returns to North Korea, St. Martin's Griffin (2005) Why Marines Fight, St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition (2007) Hero of the Pacific: The Marine Legend John Basilone, Wiley (2010)

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Paris One, Dell (1977) Nielsen's Children, Putnam (1978) The Press Lord, Delacorte Press (1982) Holy Wars, Simon & Schuster (1983) Designs, Crown Publishing Group (1986) Fashion Show, or, The Adventures of Bingo Marsh, Little, Brown (1992) Stowe and Dunraven Novels Further Lane, St. Martin's Press (1997) Gin Lane, St. Martin's Press (1998) The House That Ate the Hamptons, St Martin's Press (1999) A Hamptons Christmas, St. Martin's Paperbacks (2000) The Marines of Autumn: A Novel of the Korean War, St. Martin's Griffin (2000) Warning of War: A Novel of the North China Marines, St. Martin's Griffin (2002) The Marine: A Novel of War from Guadalcanal to Korea, St. Martin's Griffin (2003)