A Note from Terry McDonell
The Accidental Life is a book about writers and their work and working with them. Editing is what I wanted to write about. But it is also about friends, some of them now dead, so it is about that, too. What follows is not strictly chronological. It bounces around a little. So did I.
California days (1969-77)
Freelance photographer, writer; reporter, Associated Press; reporter, LA;
associate editor, San Francisco Magazine; associate editor, City Magazine
Notes on california
Outside and Rocky mountain Magazine (1977-80)
Senior editor, Outside magazine; managing editor, Outside magazine; editor in chief Rocky Mountain Magazine
Rolling stone (1981-83)
Managing Editor
Newsweek (1983-85)
Assistant Managing Editor
Smart (1987-89)
Editor in Chief
Esquire (1990-93)
Editor in Chief
Sports illustrated (2002-5)
Managing Editor
