Doris Greenberg was born in New York City. She attended Goucher College for two years and received a B. A. from New York University in 1943. In 1951 she married Harold Faber, a writer and editor for the New York Times. In the 1940s she spent eight years as a reporter for the New York Times, then left journalism to write books. She writes for both adults and young readers, mostly historical non-fiction and biographies. She has also co-authored several books with her husband.

The Amish
1991
ISBN 9780385261319
Bella Abzug
1976
ISBN 9780688417765
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's "Iron Lady"
1985
ISBN 9780140321609
We the people
1987
ISBN 9780684187532
The Birth of a Nation: The Early Years of the United States
1989
ISBN 9780684190075
Calamity Jane: Her Life and Her Legend
1992
ISBN 9780395563960
Anne Hutchinson
1970
ISBN 9780811646543
Harry Truman
1973
ISBN 9780200719063
Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of the World
1985
ISBN 9780140321036
American Government
1988
ISBN 9780684185217
Printer's devil to publisher
1963
ISBN 9781883789091
Wall Street
1979
ISBN 9780060218683
The Life of Lorena Hickok
1980
ISBN 9780688036317
Eleanor Roosevelt, first lady of the world
1985
ISBN 9780670805518
Mahatma Gandhi
1986
ISBN 9780671601768
Martin Luther King, Jr
1986
ISBN 9780671601751
Calamity Jane
1997
ISBN 9780613046640