William J. Mann
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William J. Mann is an American novelist, biographer, and Hollywood historian[1] best known for 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.[2]
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[edit] Early life and education
Mann was born in Connecticut and, after working briefly as a Capitol Hill aide, received his Master's degree at Wesleyan University.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
He worked as a journalist at Metroline magazine, New England's oldest gay publication, from 1992 to 1995. Mann published his first novel, The Men From the Boys, in 1997, and continued with a series of books set in Provincetown, although he has also set his fiction in Palm Springs and Los Angeles. In addition, Mann has written the nonfiction books Wisecracker (1998), a biography of film star William Haines, for which he won the Lambda Literary Award,[3] Behind the Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood (2001), and Edge of Midnight: The Life of John Schlesinger (2005).[4]
Mann's most recent biography is How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood. "Reading this life is like gorging on a chocolate sundae", Publishers Weekly wrote of the book.[5] In 2009 Mann also published a novel, Object of Desire.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Non-fiction
- 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)
[edit] Fiction
- The Men From the Boys (1997)
- The Biograph Girl (2000)
- Where the Boys Are (2003)
- All American Boy (2005)
- Object of Desire (2009)
[edit] References
- ^ "Book World Live". Washington Post. 14 November 2006. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/11/13/DI2006111300475.html. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ "100 Notable Books of the Year". New York Times. 3 December 2006. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E0DA133EF930A35751C1A9609C8B63&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/P/Pollan,%20Michael&pagewanted=3. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ Antonio Gonzalez Cerna (15 July 1999). "11th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. http://www.lambdaliterary.org/winners-finalists/07/15/lambda-literary-awards-1998/. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ Palm Springs Public Library. "Author William Mann to appear at the Palm Springs Public Library"
- ^ "How to be a movie star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood: Review by Publisher's Weekly Review"
