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MS. Magazine calls SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIE “a full, vibrant portrait of [Louise] Fitzhugh.”

Sometimes You Have to Lie by Leslie Brody

Leslie Brody’s insightful biography of Louise Fitzhugh, renegade author of Harriet the Spy, has received rave reviews from The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New Republic, and many other stellar publications. And now MS. Magazine is praising Leslie Brody and her book, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LIE. “Louise Fitzhugh’s restoration as a radical, unapologetic artist is Brody’s great act of love.”

You can see the full roster of wonderful interviews, excerpts, book roundups and reviews, including this Ms. Magazine review, on Leslie Brody’s website.

Filed Under: Biography, Books, Reviews & Features Tagged With: biography, Harriet the Spy, Leslie Brody, LGBTQ biography, Louise Fitzhugh, Sometimes You Have to Lie, women's biography

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Congratulations to Dame Hermione Lee, winner of the 2020 BIO Award

The Biographers International Organization (BIO) recently announced that Dame Hermione Lee, Professor Emeritus of English Literature, University of Oxford, had won the 11th BIO Award. This prize is bestowed yearly by BIO to a distinguished colleague who has made a major contribution to the advancement of the art and craft of biography. 
 
One of the leading literary scholars and critics of our time, Lee is best known for her Virginia Woolf (1996), widely considered the definitive biography of that author. The book won the British Academy’s Rose Mary Crawshay Prize.
 
Comfortable with literature from both sides of the Atlantic, Lee has written biographies of two American novelists, Edith Wharton and Willa Cather, and also a critical study of Philip Roth. In addition, she has written a biography of the Anglo-Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen and, most recently, of the British novelist, poet, essayist, and biographer Penelope Fitzgerald. Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life was the winner of the 2013 James Tait Black Prize and BIO’s 2015 Plutarch Award…[READ MORE]
 

Filed Under: News & Announcements, Organizations, Uncategorized Tagged With: BIO, biographers, biography, Dame Hermione Lee, Hermione lee, international biographers organization

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BookPleasures.com talks to Keith Elliot Greenberg, author of new James Dean bio

Too Fast to Live Book CoverNorm Goldman, Publisher of BookPleasures.com recently sat down with New York Times bestselling author and television producer Keith Elliot Greenberg to talk about his fascinating career as a professional writer and TV producer, and to discuss his new book, TOO FAST TO LIVE, TOO YOUNG TO DIE: James Dean’s Final Hours (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books; September 30, 2015; $24.99; 286 pages; ISBN#: 978-1-4803-6030-3).

For more than thirty years, Keith has written and covered an eclectic range of topics from social issues to professional wrestling to true crime. In his interview with Norm Goldman, Greenberg discusses his storytelling philosophy, his intriguing research techniques, and what kinds of stories motivate him. You can catch the entire interview here: BookPleasures.com.

 

 

Filed Under: Biography, Books, Reviews & Features Tagged With: American Icons, Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, biography, BookPleasures.com, James Dean, Keith Elliot Greenberg, movie legends, Norm Goldman, Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die

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How deep is our love???

Very, very! We are thrilled to be working on the upcoming biography, THE BEE GEES (DeCap Press, August 2013) by esteemed music and film critic, David Meyer.

http://iftheymovekillem.com/bee-gees-the-biography/

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Wall Street Journal Calls LADY AT THE OK CORRAL “Splendid.”

Another great review for Ann Kirschner’s LADY AT THE OK CORRAL (HarperCollins; March 2013)!  This review ran in this past weekend in The Wall Street Journal.  Reviewer Mark Yost calls the biography “splendid.”  Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323419104578372632952437210.html

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Ann Kirschner, biography, Harpercollins, Jewish biography, Josephine Marcus Earp, Lady at the OK Corral, OK Corral, Over the River Public Relations, Wyatt Earp

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