Sydney Ladensohn Stern

Sydney Ladensohn Stern is the author of two other books: The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics and Toyland: The High-Stakes Game of the Toy Industry. She worked as a reporter for Fortune and Money magazines, and her writing has appeared in many other outlets, including the New York Times. She lives with her husband in New York City, where she is also involved in the leadership of two biographers’ groups, Women Writing Women’s Lives and the biography seminar of New York University.