Bill Dedman

Bill Dedman
Born
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
EducationBaylor School, Chattanooga; Washington University in St. Louis (no degree)
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
Awards
WebsiteEmpty Mansions book

Bill Dedman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative reporter and co-author of the biography of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark, Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune, which was number one on The New York Times bestseller list.[1][2]

Often relying on public records as much as insider accounts, Dedman has reported and written influential investigative articles on racial discrimination by mortgage lenders and real estate agents,[3][4] racial profiling by police,[5] interrogation of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp,[6] and efforts to understand and prevent school shootings. His work includes one of the early examinations, in 1990, of the cover-up by the Roman Catholic Church of allegations of sexual abuse by a priest.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ Taylor, Ihsan. "Best Sellers". The New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  2. ^ Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. 1998. ISBN 9781573561112. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  3. ^ "The Color of Money". powerreporting.com.
  4. ^ "Long Island Divided: A three-year Newsday investigation uncovered widespread evidence of unequal treatment by real estate agents on Long Island". newsday.com. November 17, 2019.
  5. ^ "Speed Trap - Boston Globe". www.boston.com.
  6. ^ "Can the '20th hijacker' of Sept. 11 stand trial?" (PDF). NBC News. October 24, 2006.
  7. ^ Dedman, Bill; Stepp, Laura Sessions (April 29, 1990). "YEARS OF DEFIANCE ROOTS OF STALLINGS'S REBELLION" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  8. ^ Stepp, Laura Sessions; Dedman, Bill (April 30, 1990). "CONCERNS ABOUT STALLINGS'S LIFESTYLE FUELED CONFLICT" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  9. ^ Dedman, Bill; Stepp, Laura Sessions (May 1, 1990). "STALLINGS BUILDS A BLACK CHURCH FAR FROM ROME" – via www.washingtonpost.com.