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Andrew Morton to Speak At NSU Luncheon Forum.


FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999--

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.
, author of the best-selling books, Diana: Her True Story and 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. , will be the featured speaker at the Nova Southeastern University History
Originally named Nova University of Advanced Technology,[7] the university was chartered by the state of Florida in 1964[8][9] as a graduate institution in the physical and social sciences.
 Luncheon Forum on November 10, 1999.

Morton, born in Yorkshire, England in 1953, 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 Morton 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, including, Diana: Her True Story (1992).

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

Morton was educated in Leeds and at Sussex University, where he earned an honors degree in history. He lives in North London with his wife and two children.

The Fort Lauderdale Luncheon Forum will be held at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport Hotel at 1825 Griffin Road in Dania Beach. A buffet lunch will be served promptly at 12:15 p.m. and Andrew Morton will speak from 1 to 1:30 p.m.

For all Forums, individual tickets may be purchased for $50 each. To make a reservation or for more information contact Marge Marino, Assistant Director of Special Events and Projects, at NSU NSU Nonspecific urethritis, see there  at (954) 262-5352.
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