Donald S. Vaughan
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 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)
- 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:
Donald Vaughan has made his living with words for more than 30
years. During that time, he has worked as a staff writer and/or editor for
The Lake Worth Herald, Your Health Magazine and The National
Examiner. For the past 16 years, Vaughan has worked as a full-time
freelance writer, publishing more than 1,500 nonfiction magazine and
newspaper articles and writing, co-writing, ghosting or contributing to 14
books ranging from a comprehensive guide to World War II (The
Everything World War II Book (Adams Media) to a celebrity autobiography
(Hollywood Inside and Out: The Kenny Miller Story (BearManor Media).
His most recent books, Sixteen Minutes From Home: The Columbia
Space Shuttle Tragedy and Saddam: The Face of Evil (co-authored with
Mark Cantrell) were published in early 2003 by AMI Books.
In addition to writing, Vaughan teaches Freelance Writing for
Beginners through the continuing education program at Wake Technical
Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina. As a result of that
association, Vaughan founded Triangle Area Freelancers (TAF), a local
networking organization for beginning and established freelance writers.
Vaughan is also a popular public speaker, lecturing often on
freelance writing, censorship and other topics close to his heart. In recent
years, Vaughan has been a featured speaker at the annual conference of
the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), where he has
lectured on writing and promotional opportunities for nurse practitioners
in private practice.
Vaughan, 49, is a native of Lake Worth, Florida. He currently resides
in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife, Nanette, and their very spoiled
cat, Rhianna.
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