Leslie Walker
Journalist and Author
Leslie Walker is an independent journalist and author specializing in Internet business strategies.
Best-selling Author
Walker also is the author of "Sudden Fury," a nonfiction book about a youth emotionally damaged in foster care who murdered his adoptive parents. The book made the New York Times best-seller list, was made into a TV movie in 1993 and was released on DVD in 2006.
Contacting Her
Walker lives on Maryland's Eastern Shore, where she is working on her next book.
Send email to Walker:
LESLIE*at*lesliewalker.com
A newspaper journalist for nearly three decades, Walker worked at The Washington Post for the past sixteen years.
Her weekly ".com" column, appearing in the business section on Thursdays, chronicled how the Internet turned businesses upside down while putting new power in the hands of ordinary people. Her weekly "Web Watch" column ran on Sundays and explored the consumer side of the Web.
Walker wrote roughly 700 articles on the Internet and how it impacted all industries during the dot-com boom, bust and revival.
You can read some of her writings by visiting the "work sample" page of this Web site.
Walker left The Post in Jan. 2007 to write books.
Leslie Walker has created, edited and reviewed many Web sites. She's visited scores of technology firms and interviewed thousands of industry executives.
Before starting her popular ".com" newspaper column in 1998, Walker served as Editor of washingtonpost.com and vice president of The Post's new media division. She helped shape Web news in the early days, when people were skeptical that anyone would ever read news online.
An expert on how technology is impacting society and industry, Walker is available for speaking engagements and consultations about Web sites.
