Highly prolific author and ghostwriter Foster Winans spent nine months in prison in the late 1980s after being convicted of insider trading and mail fraud.
At that time, he was a writer for the Wall Street Journal column "Heard on the Street" (1982-1984) and was convicted for passing contents of his columns' contents to a broker.
Prior to those years, Winans had worked as a reporter for various newspapers from 1967 to 1981, including a stint as a New York Times correspondent and a researcher for the TV magazine show 60 Minutes.
A talented writer, he has done a number of historical novels and other books and has ghost-written books for others. Since his incarceration, he has contributed commentary pieces to the Los Angeles Times, New York Times and Christian Science Monitor.
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