Background
Carole grew up in Suffern, New New York
Carole grew up in Suffern, New New York
She earned a Bachelor of Arts at Hunter College and an Master of Business Administration at New York University.
Radziwill began her news career at American Broadcasting Company in New York in 1986 as an intern in postproduction for 20/20, a news magazine show. She was later assigned to "Close Up" as a production secretary. She eventually worked for Peter Jennings"s documentary unit, producing shows on abortion and gun control, and covering foreign policy stories in Cambodia, Haiti, and India.
In 1991, Radziwill was stationed in Israel and reported on the SCUD missile attacks during the Gulf War.
In 2003, during the War on Afghanistan, she spent six weeks in Khandahar, embedded with an infantry unit of the 101st Airborne Division. She produced segments for an American Broadcasting Company-television show called Profiles From the Frontline.
After her husband"s death, Radziwill left American Broadcasting Company News to write a memoir about her childhood, her career at American Broadcasting Company News, as well as her effort to manage her husband"s cancer. What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship and Love (Scribner, 2005) made the New York Times Best Seller list.
A review of the book in the New York Times called it a "bittersweet account" that emphasized "graciousness over disclosure."
In 2006, Radziwill signed with Glamour magazine to write a monthly column called "Lunch Date".
Her Lunch Dates have included former mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Hollywood actors Antonio Banderas, Rachel Weisz, and Alec Baldwin. In 2011, Radziwill joined the cast of Bravo television"s The Real Housewives of New York City in season 5. She sold her first novel, The Widow"s Guide to Sex & Dating, in a high six-figure deal to Holt Publishing.
lieutenant was released on February 11, 2014.
She is in development to produce Widow"s Guide as a television series. Her third book – a yet untitled collection of essays – is due out Spring 2014.