William J. Mann (born August 7, 1963) is an American novelist, biographer, and Hollywood historian best known for his studies of Hollywood and the American film industry, especially his 2006 biography of Katharine Hepburn, Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn. Kate was named one of the 100 Notable Books of 2006 by The New York Times. William J. Mann also used the pseudonym Geoffrey Huntington under which he wrote the Ravenscliff Series.
Books in order of publication:
Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines (1998)
Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood (2001)
Edge of Midnight: The Life of John Schlesinger (2005)
Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn (2006)
How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood (2009)
Hello Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand (2012)
Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood (2014)
The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando (2020)
Bogie & Bacall: The Surprising True Story of Hollywood’s Greatest Love Affair (2023)
Fiction
The Men From the Boys (1997)
The Biograph Girl (2000)
Where the Boys Are (2003)
All American Boy (2005)
Men Who Love Men (2007)
Geoffrey Huntington
Sorcerers of the Nightwing – The Ravenscliff Series Book 1 (2002)
Demon Witch – The Ravenscliff Series Book 2 (2004)
Blood Moon – The Ravenscliff Series Book 3 (2013)
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