Joyce Judith Wadler (born January 2, 1948) is a journalist and reporter for '' The New York Times'', as well as a writer and humorist.

Career

Prior to working at the ''New York Times'', she was a reporter and feature writer for the '' New York Post'', New York correspondent for '' The Washington Post'' and a contributing editor for '' New York Magazine'' and '' Rolling Stone''. She authored ''Liaison: The True Story of the

M. Butterfly ''M. Butterfly'' is a play by David Henry Hwang. The story, while entwined with that of the opera ''Madama Butterfly'', is based most directly on the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Peking opera singer. T ...

Affair'' () after interviewing

Bernard Boursicot Bernard Boursicot (born on 12 August 1944) is a French diplomat who was caught in a honeypot trap (seducing him to participate in Chinese espionage) by Shi Pei Pu, a male Peking opera singer who performed female roles, whom Boursicot believed to ...

, who granted her wide access to information and insight into his affair with

Shi Pei Pu Shi Pei Pu (; December 21, 1938 – June 30, 2009)
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breast cancer and had a malignant tumor "the size of a robin's egg" removed from her left breast. The eventual diagnosis was "ductal carcinoma with medullary features". Due to somewhat early detection and aggressive treatment, Wadler called it ''" maybe-not- the-best-but-still-pretty-terrific-whatever-the-hell-it-is cancer"''. Her memoir about breast cancer, ''My Breast: One Woman's Cancer Story'' (; ) was originally a two-part cover story for '' New York Magazine'' and later expanded into an award-winning book and made into a television movie starring Meredith Baxter, which won the American Women in Radio and Television Excellence in Programming Award in 1995. In 1995, she was diagnosed with "advanced ovarian cancer" and treated. She has been in remission since 2000.

Personal life

She is Jewish. As stated in her Muck Rack profile she doesn't write as much as she used to, but money could still motivate her.

Works

; Books * ''My Breast: One Woman’s Cancer Story'' * ''Liaison: The True Story of the M. Butterfly Affair''

References

External links

"The Public Life of Joyce Wadler"
''New York Observer''

* ttp://joycewadler.wordpress.com/ Joyce Wadler's blog

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