"quoted saying ""at the time I believed her shock-treatment story. Looking back, I feel I was had and the whole thing was a fable. I doubt that it ever happened. And knowing how she makes things up, I believe she was sure she could get away with it because no one would sue."" Journalist Michael Crowley stated ""Jackie Oh!"" contained ""core truths—including an unflinching look at JFK that showed him to have been 'more of a Romeo than has been previously revealed.'"" This book was followed by ""Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star"" (1981). Kelley's next book, ""His Way: The Unauthorized"
"even looking in the garbage of Elizabeth Taylor and her then husband, U.S. Senator John Warner. Kelley and Edgley divorced in 1989. In 1992 Kelley married Dr. John Zucker, a D.C. area allergist. Zucker died in 2011. Kelley's first celebrity biography was ""Jackie Oh!"" (1978), a life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, which was written at the request of Lyle Stuart, who launched the book into the ""New York Times"" Best Seller List. In the book, Kelley describes John F. Kennedy's womanizing and includes ""revelations"" about Onassis's love life, her depression and electric shock treatment. Kelley's publisher Lyle Stuart was later"
"the country falsely telling women they would lose their husbands and rights to family support if the amendment was passed. Goldberg ultimately set up her own literary agency and became known as a promoter of ""right-wing, tell-all attack books"", according to ""The New York Times"". One of her clients, celebrity biographer Kitty Kelley, sued her in 1983 over proceeds from foreign sales of Kelley's unauthorized biography on Elizabeth Taylor. Kelley ultimately won a judgment of $40,000, with the judge declaring that Goldberg was only guilty of ""sloppy bookkeeping"". Goldberg was also the U.S. agent for the memoirs of Prince Charles'"
"on the board of Healthy Women. Kelley won the 2005 PEN Oakland Censorship Award and the Outstanding Author Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors for her ""courageous writing on popular culture."" She received the Medal of Merit from the Lotos Club of New York City. Kitty Kelley Catherine ""Kitty"" Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American journalist and author of several best-selling unauthorized biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey. For the Sinatra biography, Kelley was praised for the quality"
"Kitty Kelley Catherine ""Kitty"" Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American journalist and author of several best-selling unauthorized biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey. For the Sinatra biography, Kelley was praised for the quality of her research and for daring to risk a lawsuit, but her other works were not rated so highly by critics. She has been described as a ‘professional sensationalist’ and the ‘consummate gossip monger’. Kelley was raised in Spokane, Washington, the eldest child of Adele and William Vincent"
"story right. Even her staunchest defenders concede that Nancy Reagan is more Marie Antoinette than Mother Teresa."". However ""Newsweek"" also criticized the book's basic factual accuracy, noting that Kelley had reported that Ronald Reagan had allegedly date raped a 19-year-old, when the accuser would have actually been 25 at the time. Former President Ronald Reagan issued a statement saying the book ""has no basis in fact and serves no decent purpose."" Michael Korda, who had been the editor for Kelley's previous book on Elizabeth Taylor, asked to excuse himself from this work as he was slated to edit Ronald Reagan's"
"Elizabeth Taylor (novelist) Elizabeth Taylor (née Coles; 3 July 1912 – 19 November 1975) was an English novelist and short-story writer. Kingsley Amis described her as ""one of the best English novelists born in this century"". Antonia Fraser called her ""one of the most underrated writers of the 20th century"", while Hilary Mantel said she was ""deft, accomplished and somewhat underrated"". Born in Reading, Berkshire, the daughter of Oliver Coles, an insurance inspector, and his wife Elsie May Fewtrell, Elizabeth was educated at The Abbey School, Reading and then worked as a governess, tutor and librarian. She married John Taylor,"
"novel ""Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont"". Caplin's screenplay languished for decades, until her son, Lee Caplin, purchased the rights to the film in 1999. Ruth Sacks Caplin's film adaptation, ""Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont"", directed by Dan Ireland, was finally released in 2005 with British actress Joan Plowright in the title role. French director François Ozon made a 2007 film of ""The Real Life of Angel Deverell"" entitled ""Angel"", with Romola Garai. Elizabeth Taylor (novelist) Elizabeth Taylor (née Coles; 3 July 1912 – 19 November 1975) was an English novelist and short-story writer. Kingsley Amis described her as ""one of"
"would publish Kelley's unauthorized biography of Oprah Winfrey. The book, ""Oprah: A Biography"", was released on April 13, 2010. ""The New Yorker"" declared the biography ""one of those King Kong vs. Godzilla events in celebrity culture."" Oprah dismissed the book as a ""so-called biography"". Kelley's most recent book, ""Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the Kennedys"", was published by Thomas Dunne Books in November 2012. Barbara Walters said books like Kelley’s are all about finding dirt, not the truth. The ""New York Times"" claimed that Kelley ""just aims for the jugular."" ""Time"" magazine reported that most journalists believe Kelley"
"was asked by Elizabeth Taylor's widower to write a biography following Elizabeth Taylor's death. Elizabeth Jane Howard refused due to what she felt was a lack of incident in Elizabeth Taylor's life. See ""Slipstream"", Elizabeth Jane Howard's memoir, for more details on their friendship. Taylor's editor at the UK publisher Chatto & Windus was the poet D. J. Enright. Elizabeth Taylor died of cancer in Penn, Buckinghamshire, at the age of 63. In the 21st century a new interest in her work was kindled by film-makers. During the 1970s, Ruth Sacks Caplin had written an adapted screenplay based on Taylor's"
"also included that ""an entertainment called the Haunted Village"" was written by Elizabeth. Michael Kelly claimed in his book ""Reminiscences"" that the adaptation of ""Richard Coeur de Lion"" was her work. In a letter to her sister-in-law, Alicia, dated 9 December 1782, Elizabeth revealed that she had started work on a book that was progressing well although no further records or detail of it exist. Three decades after her death ""The Gentleman's Magazine"" published a letter in 1825 (volume 95) that it claimed was written by Elizabeth addressed to a close friend called ""Miss Saunders"". Released just after the publication"
"Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (novel) Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont is a novel by Elizabeth Taylor. First published in 1971, it was her eleventh novel. It was shortlisted for the 1971 Booker Prize. The novel was adapted for television in 1973 and was the basis for a 2005 film, also called ""Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont"". The novel is set in London in the 1960s. The story takes place between January and late autumn of a single year. The recently widowed Laura Palfrey moves into the Claremont Hotel, where she joins a group of other elderly hotel residents. She"
"On 18 April 1781 Taylor married at Islington Ann Martin, and had issue: Born on 20 June 1757, from the time of the move to Lavenham in 1786 Mrs. Ann Taylor (1757–1830) shared the educational ideals of her husband. She corresponded with her children during their absences from home, and this correspondence was the nucleus of a series of short manuals of conduct: Helen Taylor (1818–1885), the daughter of Martin Taylor of Ongar (1788–1867), by his first wife, Elizabeth Venn, made contributions to 'Missionary Hymns' and the 'Teacher's Treasury,' and, besides a short devotional work, 'Sabbath Bells' was author of"
"Kate Taylor (columnist) Kate Taylor is a British sex columnist who has written for British media including ""The Times"", ""The Evening Standard"", ""The Observer"", ""The Guardian"", ""The Sun"", ""The Daily Mirror"" and ""The Express"". In 1997 she joined GQ magazine and began writing the ""Sex Life"" column, a role she continued for the next five years. She has published five books, including ""The Good Orgasm Guide"", ""Life's Too short for Tantric Sex"", ""A Women's Guide to Sex"", and co-authored ""The Wedding Survival Guide."" In February 2007, Kate Taylor released her controversial book for Penguin, ""Not Tonight, Mr Right"", where she"
"1940 to the Victoria and Albert Museum by her estate. Ethel Brilliana Tweedie Ethel Brilliana Tweedie F.R.G.S. (1862–1940) was a prolific English author, travel writer, biographer, historian, editor, journalist, photographer and illustrator. She wrote as Mrs. Alec Tweedie, Mrs. Alec-Tweedie and as Ethel B. Harley. Ethel Tweedie was born 1 January 1862 in London, the daughter of George Harley F.R.S. and Emma Jessier (Musprat) Harley, into an early life of wealth and privilege. Her siblings included a sister (Olga) and three brothers (Edward Vaughan Berkeley Harley, Vernon De V. and Harold S.), She was named by her father for a"
"and the Biology of Relationships"" ""Note: List is selective and includes only highly cited and important works and works cited above."" Shelley E. Taylor Shelley Elizabeth Taylor (born 1946) is a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University, and was formerly on the faculty at Harvard University. A prolific author of books and scholarly journal articles, Taylor has long been a leading figure in two subfields related to her primary discipline of social psychology: social cognition and health psychology. Her books include ""The Tending Instinct"" and ""Social Cognition"", the"
"her charity work, former President Bill Clinton said at her death, ""Elizabeth's legacy will live on in many people around the world whose lives will be longer and better because of her work and the ongoing efforts of those she inspired."" Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s, and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She continued her career successfully into the 1960s, and remained a well-known"
"powerless to stop him. A popular novel by Magdalen King-Hall, ""The Life and Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton"" (1944), was loosely based on Katherine's life. A 1945 film version, with Margaret Lockwood in the lead role and James Mason as Ralph Chaplin's alter ego Jerry Jackson, broke all British box office records for the time. The film was remade in 1983 with Faye Dunaway and Alan Bates in the respective roles. Deborah Swift's young adult novel ""Shadow on the Highway"" (2014, ) is a retelling of Katherine’s story. Katherine Clements wrote ""The Silvered Heart"" (2015, ) about Katherine Ferrers."
"Angel (novel) Angel is a novel by the English novelist Elizabeth Taylor first published in 1957. It tells the life story of Angelica (""Angel"") Deverell from her adolescence and first attempts at writing, through the course of her career as a successful writer of sensational romances, into her decline, old age and death. Although she finds fame and wealth and marries the love of her life, Angel is condemned to a life of isolation and disappointment: critics regard her work as absurd and her closest relationships—with her publisher, her husband, and her sister-in-law—are doomed by the inability of others to"
"Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, and Ellalice Tate. In 1989, the Romance Writers of America gave her the Golden Treasure award in recognition of her significant contributions to the romance genre. By the time of her death, she had written more than 200 books that worldwide sold more than 100 million copies in 20 languages. She continues to be a widely borrowed author among lending libraries. Her popular works of historical fiction are appreciated by readers and critics alike for their accuracy, quality of writing, and attention to detail. Hibbert was born Eleanor Alice Burford on 1 September 1906 at 20"
"companion and friend Miss Taylor, now turns her attention towards making a match for Mr Elton, the local vicar, and her new protégée Harriet Smith. Her one voice of reason and restraint is Mr Knightley, who has known her since she was a child and who watches her behaviour with wry amusement and sometimes with real anger. Emma (1972 TV serial) Jane Austen's novel Emma (1815) was transmitted as a six-part TV serial by BBC Television in 1972. It was directed by John Glenister. This dramatization brings to life the wit and humour of Jane Austen's arguably finest novel Emma,"
"Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s, and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. She continued her career successfully into the 1960s, and remained a well-known public figure for the rest of her life. In 1999, the American Film Institute named her the seventh-greatest female screen legend. Born in London to wealthy, socially prominent American parents, Taylor moved with her family to Los Angeles in 1939, and"
"all three were gifts from husband Richard Burton. She also published a book about her collection, ""My Love Affair with Jewelry"", in 2002. Taylor helped to popularize the work of fashion designers Valentino Garavani and Halston. She received a Lifetime of Glamour Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) in 1997. After her death, her jewelry and fashion collections were auctioned by Christie's to benefit her AIDS foundation, ETAF. The jewelry sold for a record-breaking sum of $156.8 million, and the clothes and accessories for a further $5.5 million. Taylor struggled with health problems for most of"
"Barbara Goodwin, ""The politics of Utopia: A study in theory and practice"" (1983), looked at the significance of Utopias for political theory and practice and argued that the political function of Utopias was to imaginatively transcend ""the ubiquitous, seemingly unassailable present."" Taylor married twice and had one son. His wife Dinah died in 2003. In January 2000, Taylor founded Kidney Cancer UK, a support organisation for kidney cancer patients and their carers and the first such organisation in Britain. He founded the organisation after he himself was diagnosed with the disease. Taylor died in Coventry on 3 January 2006. Keith"
"Emily Taylor Emily Taylor (1795 – 11 March 1872) was an English schoolmistress, poet, children's writer and hymn writer. She wrote numerous tales for children, chiefly historical, along with various books of instruction and some descriptive natural history. Her publications include ""Letters to a Child on Maritime Discovery"", 1820; ""Vision of Las Casas, and other Poems"", 1825; ""Poetical Illustrations of Passages of Scripture"", 1826; ""Tales of the Saxons"", 1832; ""Tales of the English"", 1833; ""Memoir of Sir T[homas] More"", 1834; and ""The Boy and the Birds"", 1835. She edited ""Sabbath. Recreations"", 1826; and ""Flowers and Fruit in old English Gardens"","
"each one, and... fascinating to read about."" Elizabeth Enright Elizabeth Wright Enright Gillham (September 17, 1907 – June 8, 1968) was an American writer of children's books, an illustrator, writer of short stories for adults, literary critic and teacher of creative writing. Perhaps best known as the Newbery Medal-winning author of ""Thimble Summer"" (1938) and the Newbery runner-up ""Gone-Away Lake"" (1957), she also wrote the popular Melendy quartet (1941 to 1951). A Newbery Medal laureate and a multiple winner of the O. Henry Award, her short stories and articles for adults appeared in many popular magazines and have been reprinted"
"Shelley E. Taylor Shelley Elizabeth Taylor (born 1946) is a distinguished professor of psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University, and was formerly on the faculty at Harvard University. A prolific author of books and scholarly journal articles, Taylor has long been a leading figure in two subfields related to her primary discipline of social psychology: social cognition and health psychology. Her books include ""The Tending Instinct"" and ""Social Cognition"", the latter by Susan Fiske and Shelley Taylor. Taylor's professional honors include the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association"
"""The Girls of Slender Means"" by Muriel Spark, and ""The Devil's Crown"". In 1953, Taylor married Gillian Dorothea Black and they had two sons and two daughters. One son, adopted, is the Liberal Democrat politician Matthew Taylor. Ken Taylor (scriptwriter) Kenneth Heywood Taylor FRSA (10 November 1922, Bolton, Lancashire – 17 April 2011, Cornwall) was an Award-winning English screenwriter, credited as Ken Taylor. The son of a cotton mill owner from Bolton, Lancashire, Taylor was educated at Gresham's School, Holt. Under the name Ken Taylor, he wrote scripts for television drama in a career spanning more than four decades. In"
"owner of a confectionery company, in 1936, after which they lived in Penn, Buckinghamshire for almost all their married life. She was briefly a member of the British Communist Party, then a consistent Labour Party supporter. Taylor's first novel, ""At Mrs. Lippincote's"", was published in 1945. It was followed by eleven more. Her short stories were published in magazines and collected in four volumes. She also wrote a children's book. The English critic Philip Hensher called ""The Soul of Kindness"" a novel ""so expert that it seems effortless. As it progresses, it seems as if the cast are so fully"
"Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins (November 11, 1863 – October 22, 1938) was an American writer, and author of the novel ""Four Girls At Cottage City"" (1895). An earlier novel, ""Megda"" (1891) was published under her maiden name of Emma Dunham Kelley and the pseudonym ""Forget-me-not."" The author was long considered a pioneer of African-American women's literature. Her novel was rediscovered by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and served as an inspiration for him to compile the 40-volume ""Schomburg Library of Nineteenth-Century Black Women Writers"" in 1988. While many African American writers dealt explicitly with issues of race, Kelley-Hawkins's work"
"London, Ontario to put Keith's yellow truck in the annual truck show. Keith (film) Keith is a 2008 American, independent drama film directed by Todd Kessler. It was written by Todd Kessler and David Zabel based on the short story ""Keith"" by author Ron Carlson, from his book ""The Hotel Eden"". The film stars Jesse McCartney, Elisabeth Harnois, and Margo Harshman. The protagonist is a 17-year-old high school senior, Natalie, who thinks she has got life figured out. Natalie is at first annoyed by her new chemistry class lab partner, Keith, but she ultimately falls for him and discovers that"
"Barbara Taylor Barbara Taylor is a Canadian-born historian based in the United Kingdom, specialising in the Enlightenment, gender studies and the history of subjectivity. She is Professor of Humanities at Queen Mary, University of London. Taylor has written a biography of Mary Wollstonecraft, the early English feminist and republican, and continues to speak on her life, for example in 2009 at Newington Green Unitarian Church as part of the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of Wollstonecraft's birth. With psychologist Adam Phillips, Taylor is the coauthor of ""On Kindness"" (2009). Taylor's memoir ""The Last Asylum: A Memoir of Madness in Our"
"Manchester awarded Uttley an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters in recognition of her literary work. In 2009 her private diaries were published, and she has been the subject of two biographies. Alison Uttley Alison Uttley (17 December 1884 – 7 May 1976), ""née"" Alice Jane Taylor, was an English writer of over 100 books. She is best known for a children's series about Little Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig. She is also remembered for a pioneering time slip novel for children, ""A Traveller in Time"", about the imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots. Born in Cromford and brought up in"