Kathleen Brady was named a Fellow of the Society of American Historians for her book Ida Tarbell Portrait of A Muckraker. She is also the author of Lucille The Life of Lucille Ball. She is a former reporter for Time magazine and has published op-ed pieces on New York City, most of which appeared in Newsday. Her essay on Rudolph Giuliani’s bunker is in the collection America’s Mayor. She was Senior Writer in the Communications Department of Education in the Bloomberg Administration. Her website is http://www.kathleenbrady.net.

Hear her interviewed on NPR about Lucy, Desi and interracial TV families http://n.pr/MXrZ0E