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Stephen Fried

Stephen Fried is an American investigative journalist, non-fiction author, and lecturer who teaches at Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. His first book, Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia (Pocket), a biography of model Gia Carangi and her era, was published in 1993. He has since written Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous…

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Born
Stephen Marc Fried (1958-01-19) January 19, 1958 (age 68) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Notable awards
National Magazine Award Vidocq Society Medal of Honor National Headliner Award
Notable works
Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia (1993) Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs (1998) The New Rabbi (2002) Husbandry: Sex, Love & Dirty Laundry—In…
Occupations
Investigative journalist, non-fiction writer
Period
1975–present

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Stephen Fried

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related to Books · 39
Stephen Fried → Addiction, America, Appetite, Beauty, Benjamin Rush, Bitter Pills, Civilized, Common Struggle, Dirty Laundry, Founding Father, Future, Harvey Built, Hazardous World, How Visionary Businessman Fred, Husbandry, Inside, Kennedy, Legal Drugs, Love, Madness
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Stephen Fried → Stephen Marc Fried (1958-01-19) January 19, 1958 (age 68) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Notable awards · 1
Stephen Fried → National Magazine Award Vidocq Society Medal of Honor National Headliner Award
Notable works · 1
Stephen Fried → Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia (1993) Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs (1998) The New Rabbi (2002) Husbandry: Sex, Love & Dirty Laundry—In…
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Stephen Fried → Investigative journalist, non-fiction writer
Period · 1
Stephen Fried → 1975–present
is a · 1
Stephen Fried → American investigative journalist

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Stephen FriedOccupationsInvestigative journalist, non-fiction writer1.00infobox
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Stephen Friedrelated to BooksSupermodel Gia0.60section
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