W.E. Woodward is the author of the New York Times bestselling biography "Houdini: His Life, His Times, His Impossible Handcuffs." The book has been optioned by Universal Pictures to be made into a feature film. He is also the author of "Houdini: The Making of an American Legend" (1982), "Houdini's Last Handcuffs Trick" (1994), and "The Last Magician: Houdini and Harry Houdini in Their Own Words" (2009). Woodward began his writing career at the age of twenty-one while still in college
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He has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, People, The Associated Press, and other publications. He also wrote the biography "Oprah: A Biography" (1997) and "Oprah Winfrey: A Biography." His articles have appeared in Reader's Digest, Self, Family Circle, Woman's Day, Woman's World, Ladies Home Journal, Working Mother and many other publications.