Carl Rollyson is a professor of journalism at Baruch College, City University of New York. He lives in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: Resolutely Indiscreet1: Richard Ellmann and the Advent of Ruthless Biography2: Picking a Victim3: Becoming a Biographer: Marilyn Monroe Made Me Do It4: Hazarding Lillian Hellman: Discovering the Virtues of Fair Use5: Martha and Me: The Promise and Peril of Unauthorized Biography6: The Biographer Who Came In from the Cold: Becoming Rebecca West’s Authorized Biographer7: Susan Sontag: The Making of a Biography8: Becoming Jill Craigie’s Deauthorized Biographer and Michael Foot’s Boswell9: Intermission: From Picking a Victim to Pontificating on Subjects10: Another Sylvia Plath Biography?11: Biography, My Father, Dana Andrews and Me12: Amy Lowell, the Silent Woman and the Biographical Deficit13: Missed Connections14: Work in Progress: William FaulknerIndex

“Rollyson’s breezy account of the art and craft of biography is rich in gossip, and readers will enjoy juicy details...this useful guide exemplifies how one biographer approaches his work...recommended”—Choice.

Carl Rollyson is a professor of journalism at Baruch College, City University of New York. He lives in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: Resolutely Indiscreet1: Richard Ellmann and the Advent of Ruthless Biography2: Picking a Victim3: Becoming a Biographer: Marilyn Monroe Made Me Do It4: Hazarding Lillian Hellman: Discovering the Virtues of Fair Use5: Martha and Me: The Promise and Peril of Unauthorized Biography6: The Biographer Who Came In from the Cold: Becoming Rebecca West’s Authorized Biographer7: Susan Sontag: The Making of a Biography8: Becoming Jill Craigie’s Deauthorized Biographer and Michael Foot’s Boswell9: Intermission: From Picking a Victim to Pontificating on Subjects10: Another Sylvia Plath Biography?11: Biography, My Father, Dana Andrews and Me12: Amy Lowell, the Silent Woman and the Biographical Deficit13: Missed Connections14: Work in Progress: William FaulknerIndex

“Rollyson’s breezy account of the art and craft of biography is rich in gossip, and readers will enjoy juicy details...this useful guide exemplifies how one biographer approaches his work...recommended”—Choice.

Carl Rollyson is a professor of journalism at Baruch College, City University of New York. He lives in Cape May Court House, New Jersey.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction: Resolutely Indiscreet1: Richard Ellmann and the Advent of Ruthless Biography2: Picking a Victim3: Becoming a Biographer: Marilyn Monroe Made Me Do It4: Hazarding Lillian Hellman: Discovering the Virtues of Fair Use5: Martha and Me: The Promise and Peril of Unauthorized Biography6: The Biographer Who Came In from the Cold: Becoming Rebecca West’s Authorized Biographer7: Susan Sontag: The Making of a Biography8: Becoming Jill Craigie’s Deauthorized Biographer and Michael Foot’s Boswell9: Intermission: From Picking a Victim to Pontificating on Subjects10: Another Sylvia Plath Biography?11: Biography, My Father, Dana Andrews and Me12: Amy Lowell, the Silent Woman and the Biographical Deficit13: Missed Connections14: Work in Progress: William FaulknerIndex

“Rollyson’s breezy account of the art and craft of biography is rich in gossip, and readers will enjoy juicy details...this useful guide exemplifies how one biographer approaches his work...recommended”—Choice.