Barbara Amiel
ABOUT BARBARA AMIEL
Married a newspaper baron who was convicted of fraud. She also wrote columns for UK and Canadian newspapers.
Her family faced some hard times, which forced her to live alone for a while as a teen.
She began writing for Canada's Maclean magazine in 1977.
She was married three times before she met Conrad Black .
She stood by her husband Conrad Black during his trial for fraud and during his subsequent incarceration.