Arianna Huffington: A Biography

Arianna Huffington, the columnist behind widely read political blog huffingtonpost.com, was born in Greece July 15, 1950. A naturalized US citizen, she married Michael Huffington in 1986, who was then appointed to the US Department of Defense, they got divorced in 1997. Arianna now lives in Los Angeles with two daughters.

Huffington left Greece when she was 16 to go to college in London. She graduated from the Girton College at Cambridge University with M.A in economics in 1972.After her graduation she worked in London as a columnist, critic and a television host.

Arianna Huffington rose to fame after she decided to run the California recall election in 2003 to replace then Governor Davis. She dropped out of the race; some say the reason was the dismal response from the public. Arianna leads the Detroit Project which promotes energy efficient cars, needless to she is not much of a fan of Hummer driving Governor Arnold. But no matter how much she loves mother earth, Huffington still own and uses a private jet, which uses much more fuel than those often criticized SUV’s. Seems like practice what you preach is something rich and famous choose to forget.

A co-host of “Left, Right and Center”, a political program, Huffington’s books include: “The Female Woman” 1974, “After Reason,”1978, “The Woman behind the Legend,” 1981, “The Gods of Greece”, “Picasso: Creator and Destroyer,” 1988, “How to Overthrow the Government,” 2000.This year she published “On Becoming Fearless…. in Love, Work, and Life”. In 1981 when she wrote a book about Picasso’s wife and later about Picasso himself, the ghost of plagiarism came to haunt her. Smartly she settled the case of court. She has appeared on various television shows including Larry King Live and Real Time with Bill Maher.

Huffington who started as a registered Republican, moved closer to the Democrats during the 1990s Balkans conflict. In 2005 she was a panel speaker at the California Democratic Party Sate Convention.

Last year Huffington started the Huffington Post, blog featuring news and views, from politics to celebrity culture. In a year, it has grown to be a must read to understand the “blog culture” and the liberal view on issues. Contributing bloggers include: John Kerry, James Zogby, Alec Baldwin and Rep. Diane Watson.

Want to contact Huffington? Email her at arianna@ariannaonline.com or snail mail at: Arianna Online, 1158 26th Street, P.O. Box 428, Santa Monica, CA 90403.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington
www.huffingtonpost.com