Marion Meade is an American biographer and novelist, whose subjects stretch from 12th century French royalty to 20th century stand-up comedians. She is best known for her portraits of literary figures and iconic filmmakers.
Books in order of publication:
Biographies
Free Woman: The Life and Times of Victoria Woodhull (1976)
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1977)
Madame Blavatsky: The Woman Behind the Myth (1980)
Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This? (1988)
Buster Keaton: Cut to the Chase (1995)
The Unruly Life of Woody Allen (2000)
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties (2004)
Lonelyhearts: The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney (2010)
The Last Days of Dorothy Parker (2014)
Novels
Stealing Heaven: The Love Story of Heloise and Abelard (1979), filmed as Stealing Heaven (1988)
Sybille (1983)
Narrative nonfiction
Bitching (1973)
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