The author's scandalous biographies on everybody from Jackie Kennedy to Nancy Reagan have been sensations over time — and landed the covers of nationwide magazines.
The girl who introduced “unauthorized biographies” from dime retailer paperback racks to the highest of the best-seller charts, Kitty Kelley took on essentially the most fearsome figures on the intersection of energy, politics and leisure — and have become a celeb herself within the course of.
“I attempted to jot down about individuals who had actually influenced our tradition ultimately,” says Kelley, 79, from her house in Washington, D.C. “I needed to go behind the general public facade. To do this then was — what’s the phrase I need? — enterprising, possibly.”
These are a few of her most sensational movie star biographies.