Sandra McElwaine is a Washington-based journalist. She has been a reporter for The Washington Star, The Baltimore Sun, a correspondent for CNN and People, and Washington editor of Vogue and Cosmopolitan. Currently she writes for The Daily Beast, The Washington Post, Time, and Forbes.

The New White House Wallflower

The New White House Wallflower

As 50,000 people attend 28 White House Christmas parties, glamorous social secretary Desiree Rogers is on the sideli...

Posted 10:39 PM | Dec 20, 2009
Last Role for Princess Grace

Last Role for Princess Grace

A new biography explores the iconic movie career, glamorously lonely marriage, and tragic death of the original inter...

Posted 6:06 PM | Dec 12, 2009
What the Usher Knows

What the Usher Knows

As the probe of the White House gate-crashers continues, Sandra McElwaine talks to the former head of operations at 1...

Posted 12:01 PM | Nov 30, 2009
The New Improved John Kerry

The New, Improved John Kerry

Back from Afghanistan and Pakistan, the senator is relaxed, confident-and blunt. In an interview with The Daily Beast...

Posted 10:53 PM | Nov 9, 2009