Barbara Gordon, author of I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can, Jennifer Fever (1988), and Defects of the Heart (1983), was born in Miami Beach, Florida. After graduation from Barnard College in New York City, she worked for almost twenty years in television as a writer and producer.
Barbara Gordon won her first Emmy in 1974 as a writer for the Channel 2 Eye On Series Documentary for WCBS, Superlandlord: Who Owns This Town? In 1975, she received her second Emmy for producing the Channel 2 Eye On series. She was also a producer for the PBS Emmy Award winning series, The Great American Dream Machine, where she filmed segments on such diverse personalities as Studs Terkel, Dalton Trumbo and Jane Fonda. In addition, she wrote and produced the documentary, NET Journal, The Drinking American, for NET in 1968. Prior to that, Barbara Gordon worked as a writer for NBC’s Today Show.
Her autobiography, I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can, was a nationwide bestseller in both hardcover and paperback, as well as a finalist for the American Book Award.
Barbara Gordon currently lives in New York City. She lectures around the country on a regular basis.