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Andrew Morton to Participate in His First Online Chat About His New Book, Monica's Story, on ABCNEWS.COM This Friday, March 5.


NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 3, 1999--Andrew Morton, author of Monica's Story Monica's Story is the authorized biography of Monica Lewinsky, written by Andrew Morton. Morton was also a biographer of Diana, Princess of Wales. , Monica Lewinsky's authorized biography, will participate in his first live online chat about this book on ABCNEWS.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page.  on FRIDAY, MARCH 5 at 5:00 p.m., ET.

Andrew Morton People named Andrew Morton include:
  • Andrew Morton (computer programmer), Linux kernel programmer/coordinator.
  • Andrew Morton (writer), biographer of Diana, Princess of Wales amongst others.
 was born in Yorkshire in 1953 and was educated in Leeds and at Sussex University where he took an honours degree Noun 1. honours degree - a university degree with honors
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academic degree, degree - an award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study; "he earned his degree at Princeton summa
 in History. He joined the Mirror Group Newspapers training scheme in the West Country, working on several weekly and Sunday newspapers.

After qualifying, he worked on national newspapers in Manchester before moving to Fleet Street in 1981. From 1982 he was the royal correspondent A Royal Correspondent is a journalist specialising in reporting on the goings on of royalty. Examples from the United Kingdom include Jennie Bond and Nicholas Witchell, both of the BBC.  for several newspapers including the Daily Mail, News of the World and the Daily Star. His career on Fleet Street included many royal `scoops' - it was he who first told of the romance between Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, and who also broke the news of their separation.

During that time, he wrote several books on the royal family, including a biography of Prince Andrew and a history of the Royal yacht Britannia. In 1988 he left newspapers to concentrate on writing books. Since then he has been the author of numerous best-selling books about the Royal family. His titles include: Inside Kensington Palace (1987), Duchess (a biography of the Duchess of York Duchess of York is a title held by the wife of the Duke of York since the first Duke of York in 1384. The title is gained with matrimony alone and is forfeited on divorce. ) (1988), Theirs is the Kingdom: The Wealth of the Windsors (1989), Diana's Diary (1990), Inside Buckingham Palace (1991), Diana: Her True Story (1992/1992 pb) Diana: Her New Life (1994/1995 pb), Diana: Her True Story - In Her Own Words (1997/1998 pb), Moi: The Making of an African Statesman (1998), and Monica's Story (1999)

In 1992 he won the British 'Author of the Year' prize and was given an award for services to journalism.

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