NON-FICTION
Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
Best-selling author Barbara Goldsmith on the myth and reality behind the extraordinary "Madame Curie".
Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism and the Scandalous Victoria Woodhull
“Absorbing, sweeping ... richness of narrative ... complex morally nuanced portraits ... compelling narrative power ... fabulously rich.”
--The New York Times
Johnson v. Johnson
“Fascinating . . . An engrossing tale of greed, incest, treachery, legal incompetence, corruption, wealth and weakness.”
--People
Little Gloria . . . Happy at Last
“Prodigiously researched this book has vast range. Staggering, gripping, confounding, informative, it is extraordinary.”
--Time Magazine
FICTION
The Straw Man
“Brilliant, fascinating, chilling—a marvelously entertaining novel about the decadent world of the super rich and the New York art establishment.”
--Peter Maas
SELECTED ARTICLES
"The Meaning of Celebrity"
"No longer are there immutable standards by which to judge ourselves. Image has overtaken reality." -- Barbara Goldsmith,
The New York Times Magazine, 1983
Windows on Central Park: The Landscape Revealed
Barbara Goldsmith's contribution to the book "Windows on Central Park: The Landscape Revealed" by Betsy Pinover Schiff
An Ongoing Vision: Robert Wilson and The Watermill Center
Barbara Goldsmith's contribution "An Ongoing Vision" to the monograph on Robert Wilson and The Watermill Center.
“WOMEN ON THE EDGE,” The New Yorker, April 26, 1993
Barbara Goldsmith's article from The New Yorker entitled "Women on the Edge".
ARTICLES ABOUT BARBARA
An Author With a Passion for Philanthropy By PRANAY GUPTE
Pranay Gupte's article on Barbara Goldsmith for the New York Sun.
NYPL BookMark Magazine Interview with Barbara Goldsmith
Read the interview with Barbara Goldsmith in the NYPL BookMark Magazine
Financial Times Profile of Barbara Goldsmith
"A Testament of Riches Shared" by Pamela Ryckman
TOM WOLFE'S Excerpt on the Beginning of New York Magazine
TOM WOLFE'S recounting of the beginning of
New York Magazine
BLOGS
Barbie on the Bus
Barbara Goldsmith's Blog on Barbie in the 21st Century
The Johnson Family Tears
Barbara Goldsmith's Blog on the death of Casey Johnson
Jennifer Aniston's $50K Hairstyle vs. Librarian Pensions
Barbara Goldsmith's blog from The Daily Beast on New York Public Library pensions
What the Richest Men in the World Don't Know
Barbara Goldsmith's blog from The Daily Beast on Ethics
Barbara Goldsmith's The Daily Beast Blog
Barbara Goldsmith writes on inherited wealth.
