What is Maureen Dowd?
{{Infobox person | name = Maureen Dowd | image= Maureen dowd pic cropped v3.jpg | caption = Dowd at a Democratic Debate in Philadelphia, April 16, 2008 | birthname = Maureen Bridgid Dowd | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|01|14}} | birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]] | death_date = | death_place = | education = Immaculata High School | alma_mater = [[The Catholic University of America|Catholic University of America]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]]) | occupation = [[Columnist]] | religion = | salary = | credits = ''[[Washington Star]], [[Time (magazine)|Time]], [[The New York Times]]'' (1983–present) | agent = }} '''Maureen Brigid Dowd''' (born January 14, 1952) is an [[Americans|American]] columnist for ''[[The New York Times]]''. She is also a best-selling [[author]]. She worked for [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] in the 1970s and 1980s. She worked for the ''Washington Star''. She first joined ''The New York Times'' in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=Maureen Dowd|publisher=Pulitzer Prizes|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/biography/1999-Commentary|accessdate=Mar 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Maureen Dowd|publisher=The New York Times|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/DOWD-BIO.html|accessdate=Mar 5, 2015|archive-date=February 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210074418/http://topics.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/DOWD-BIO.html|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> In 1999, Dowd received a [[Pulitzer Prize]].<ref name=Pulitzer>{{cite web | url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/1999-Commentary | title=The 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Commentary: Citation | publisher=Columbia University | accessdate=Mar 5, 2015 }}</ref> It was for her series of columns on the [[Lewinsky scandal|Monica Lewinsky scandal]] in the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] administration.<ref name=Pulitzer/> She was born in [[Washington, D.C.]]. ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Dowd, Maureen}} [[Category:American journalists]] [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Pulitzer Prize winners]] {{us-bio-s