Marty Padgett

Marty Padgett is an American journalist, and the editorial director of Internet Brands Automotive's ''The Car Connection, Motor Authority,'' and ''Green Car Reports''.

Born in 1969, Padgett is a native of Washington, D.C., and grew up in southern Maryland before going to college at Duke University (history, '91, with honors) and moving to Michigan. He edited the news section in ''Car and Driver'' magazine for five years and wrote road tests. He also appeared on several national radio television programs including CNN's ''TalkBack Live'' and ''Fox Morning News''.

After a short turn in public relations at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama, Padgett moved to Atlanta, where he began writing for publications including ''Details'', ''Men's Health'', ''Stuff'', and ''AutoWeek''. He also worked for ''AutoTrader'' before taking on the editorial duties at ''The Car Connection''.

Padgett lives in Atlanta, Georgia. He earned his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications. He was named a 2019 Lambda Literary Fellow for nonfiction.

His nonfiction book about Atlanta's LGBTQ civil rights movement, ''A Night at the Sweet Gum Head: Drag, Drugs, Disco, and Atlanta's Gay Revolution,'' will be published by W.W. Norton in 2021. Provided by Wikipedia