Donald S. Vaughan
| One Clean Shot Military Officer March, 2006 |
| Magazine Clips |
Freelance Writer
- MAD Magazine
- Omni
- Modern Maturity
- Writer’s Digest
- Cat Fancy
- Dog Fancy
- Dogs USA
- Kittens USA
- Bird Talk
- Critter
- People (Australia)
- The Picture (Australia)
- Florida Woman
- HR Reporter
- The Globe
- Draculina
- Good Times!
- Your Health
- Penthouse Forum
- Bridal Guide
- Gambling Times
- Nursing Spectrum
- High Technology
- Collectibles Illustrated
- Video Times
- Crime Watch
- Filmfax
- Outre
- Gauntlet
- Sunshine
- National Enquirer
- The Sun
- Grit
- American Film
- The Retired Officer (now
Military Officer Magazine) - American Film
- Veterinary Practice News
- Veterinary Practice Staff
- Veterinary Product News
- South Florida Magazine
- The Raleigh News &
Observer - Angelos of Kappa Delta
Magazine - Your Cat: A Friend For Life
- The National Examiner
- The Fort Lauderdale Sun-
Sentinel - You & Your Dog: Friends
For Life - Today’s Officer Online
- Weekly World News
- HEAL Magazine
- Baylor Innovations
- Today in PT Magazine
MAGAZINE CREDITS:
- The Best of Gauntlet: Exploring the Limits of Free Expression
(Richard Kasak Books, 1994) (contributor) - Nature's Force: How Climate Change is Altering Our Planet (with
Mark Cantrell) (Tango Publishing, 2012) - Armchair Reader: Fascinating Bible Facts (West Side Publishing,
2011) (contributor) - Armchair Reader: Haunted America (West Side Publishing, 2011)
(contributor) - Amazing Festivals: 100s of Hometown Celebrations (Publications
International Ltd., 2011) (co-author) - Armchair Digest: Christmas Unwrapped (Publications International
Ltd., 2010) (contributor) - Armchair Reader: New York City: Juicy Tales from the Big Apple
(West Side Publishing, 2010) (contributor) - Armchair Reader: The Origins of Everything (West Side Publishing,
2009) (contributor) - 500 Things to Do Before You Kick the Bucket (West Side
Publishing, 2009) (co-author) - 102 Ways to Earn Money Writing 1,500 Words or Less by I. J.
Schecter (Writer’s Digest Books, 2009) (contributor) - Armchair Reader Goes Hollywood (West Side Publishing, 2010(
(contributor) - Armchair Reader: All About Ohio (West Side Publishing, 2010)
(contributor) - Armchair Reader: Kick’n’ Back in Texas (West Side Publishing,
2010) (contributor) - Armchair Reader: Vitally Useless Information (West Side
Publishing, 2010) (contributor) - Armchair Reader: The Mammoth Reader (West Side Publishing,
2010) (contributor) - Reel Tears: The Beverly Washburn Story (with Beverly Washburn)
(BearManor Media, 2009) - Armchair Reader: The Book of Myths & Misconceptions (West Side
Publishing, 2009)(contributor) - MAD About Politics: An Outrageous Pop-Up Political Parody!
(Insight Editions, 2008)(contributor) - Best Sex Writing 2009, edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis
Press, 2009)(contributor) - The MAD War on Bush: A 'Shock and Awe' Attack on the Worst
President of the 21st Century (Mad Books, 2007) (contributor) - MADvertising: A MAD Look at 50 Years of MADison Avenue by David
Shayne (Watson-Guptill Publications, 2005) (contributor) - Menopause: A One-Step Resource For Feeling Good (Adams Media,
2005) (contributor) - Bat Boy Lives! The Weekly World News Guide to Politics, Culture,
Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks That Shape
Our World (Sterling Publishing, 2005) (contributor) - Saddam: The Face of Evil (with Mark Cantrell) (AMI Books, 2003)
- Sixteen Minutes From Home: The Columbia Space Shuttle Tragedy
(with Mark Cantrell) (AMI Books, 2003) - The Everything World War II Book (Adams Media, 2002)
- The Everything Anti-Aging Book (Adams Media, 2001)
- The Guide To Owning A Cat (TFH Publications, 2001)
- The Everything Civil War Book (Adams Media, 2000)
- Kenny Miller: Surviving Teenage Werewolves, Puppet People and
Hollywood (with Kenny Miller) (McFarland & Company, 1999) - Living Well With Lactose Intolerance (with Jaime Aranda-Michel,
MD) (Avon, 1999) - Kava: Nature’s Stress Relief (with Kathryn M. Connor, MD) (Avon,
1999) - Viagra & You: New Treatments for Potency and Sexual Health (with
Mark Stolar, MD) (Berkley Books, 1999) - Estrogen: Answers to All Your Questions About Hormone
Replacement Therapy and Natural Alternatives (with Mark Stolar,
MD) (Avon, 1997) - Do We Really Need Ritalin? A Family Guide to Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) (with Josephine Wright, MD) (Avon,
1997) - Killer Kids: Shocking True Stories of Children Who Murdered Their
Parents (with Cliff Linedecker) (St. Martin’s, 1993) - Hell Ranch: The Nightmare Tale of Voodoo, Drugs & Death in
Matamoros (with Cliff Linedecker) (Diamond Books, 1989)
BOOKS:
Hello! My name is Donald Vaughan, and I’ve made my living
with words for more than thirty years.
During that time, I have worked as a staff writer and/or editor for
The Lake Worth Herald, Your Health Magazine and The National
Examiner. For the past nineteen years, I have worked as a full-
time freelance writer, publishing more than 1,600 nonfiction
magazine and newspaper articles and writing, co-writing,
ghosting or contributing to thirty-two books. Among them: an
examination of the Columbia space shuttle disaster (Sixteen
Minutes From Home (with Mark Cantrell for AMI Books) and two
celebrity autobiographies (Hollywood Inside and Out: The Kenny
Miller Story and Reel Tears: The Beverly Washburn Story, both
for BearManor Media).
Over the past three years, I have also worked on thirteen books
for Illinois-based Publications International Ltd. I was the co-
author of 500 Things To Do Before You Kick the Bucket, and have
contributed to several volumes in the popular Armchair Reader
series, including editions on Hollywood, Christmas, dogs, Ohio,
Texas, New York City, and the Bible.
In addition to writing, I teach Freelance Writing for Beginners
through the continuing education program at Wake Technical
Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina. As a result of that
association, I founded Triangle Area Freelancers (TAF), which has
evolved into the largest organization in North Carolina devoted
exclusively to nonfiction freelance writing. In 2005, I was profiled
in Writer’s Market (Writer’s Digest Books) in an article about
successful national freelance writers. A follow-up profile
appeared in the 2006 edition.
In 2009, I tapped my journalistic skills as a researcher for the
television series I Survived on The Biography Channel. My duties
included finding and interviewing individuals who had survived
extraordinary circumstances, and writing a comprehensive report
about each for the show’s producers. Among those I interviewed,
and who were featured on the show, was a California woman who
had been viciously mauled by a mountain lion, and a North
Carolina woman who had been shot nine times and left for dear
as part of a violent gang initiation.
I’m also a public speaker, lecturing often on freelance writing,
censorship and other topics close to my heart. In recent years, I
have been a featured speaker at the annual conference of the
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), where I have
lectured on writing and promotional opportunities for nurse
practitioners in private practice. And in 2009, I was a featured
speaker at the annual conference of the Garden Writers of
America, where I spoke on “Conducting the Perfect Interview.”
I don’t know where tomorrow will take me - but as long as I’m
writing, I’m happy.
with words for more than thirty years.
During that time, I have worked as a staff writer and/or editor for
The Lake Worth Herald, Your Health Magazine and The National
Examiner. For the past nineteen years, I have worked as a full-
time freelance writer, publishing more than 1,600 nonfiction
magazine and newspaper articles and writing, co-writing,
ghosting or contributing to thirty-two books. Among them: an
examination of the Columbia space shuttle disaster (Sixteen
Minutes From Home (with Mark Cantrell for AMI Books) and two
celebrity autobiographies (Hollywood Inside and Out: The Kenny
Miller Story and Reel Tears: The Beverly Washburn Story, both
for BearManor Media).
Over the past three years, I have also worked on thirteen books
for Illinois-based Publications International Ltd. I was the co-
author of 500 Things To Do Before You Kick the Bucket, and have
contributed to several volumes in the popular Armchair Reader
series, including editions on Hollywood, Christmas, dogs, Ohio,
Texas, New York City, and the Bible.
In addition to writing, I teach Freelance Writing for Beginners
through the continuing education program at Wake Technical
Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina. As a result of that
association, I founded Triangle Area Freelancers (TAF), which has
evolved into the largest organization in North Carolina devoted
exclusively to nonfiction freelance writing. In 2005, I was profiled
in Writer’s Market (Writer’s Digest Books) in an article about
successful national freelance writers. A follow-up profile
appeared in the 2006 edition.
In 2009, I tapped my journalistic skills as a researcher for the
television series I Survived on The Biography Channel. My duties
included finding and interviewing individuals who had survived
extraordinary circumstances, and writing a comprehensive report
about each for the show’s producers. Among those I interviewed,
and who were featured on the show, was a California woman who
had been viciously mauled by a mountain lion, and a North
Carolina woman who had been shot nine times and left for dear
as part of a violent gang initiation.
I’m also a public speaker, lecturing often on freelance writing,
censorship and other topics close to my heart. In recent years, I
have been a featured speaker at the annual conference of the
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), where I have
lectured on writing and promotional opportunities for nurse
practitioners in private practice. And in 2009, I was a featured
speaker at the annual conference of the Garden Writers of
America, where I spoke on “Conducting the Perfect Interview.”
I don’t know where tomorrow will take me - but as long as I’m
writing, I’m happy.
Bibliography
| Copyright 2007-2011 Donald Vaughan Site Maintained by Out of the Woods Freelance Group |
| The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Penthouse Forum March, 2006 |
| Signs You Have a Lousy School Nurse MAD Magazine March, 2007 |
| Hollywood Health Nursing Spectrum November, 2002 |
| Book Excerpts |
| Sixteen Minutes From Home AMI Books, 2003 |
| The Everything Civil War Book Adams Media, 2000 |
| The Everything World War II Book Adams Media, 2003 |
| The Not-So-Funny Pages HEAL Magazine Winter, 2007 |
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