A Hero Is Someone We

Both Kennedy And Obama Exuded A Dash Of Glamour In Their Roles As Commander-in-chief And Became The Darlings Of Hollywood. As President, Each Brought To The White House A Fashionable And Accomplished First Lady, Two Adorable Young Children And Scene-stealing Pets.

My Biography Of Frank Sinatra Is Not Paean To His Music But Rather An Illumination Of The Man Behind The Music, Who Once Described Himself As 'an 18-karat Manic-depressive Who Lived A Life Of Violent Emotional Contradictions With An Over-acute Capacity For Sadness As Well As Happiness.

I Only Choose To Write About People Who Are Alive, Are Extremely Powerful And As Such Have Influenced Our Lives. I Try To Go Behind Their Constructed Myths To Find The Humanity Of The Person. It Takes Me About Four Years On Every Book And Requires Hundreds Of Interviews So I Choose People Whose Lives I Respect And Achievements Are Worth Recording.

A Hero Is Someone We Can Admire Without Apology.

The Difference Between Authorized And Unauthorized Biographies Is The Difference Between Riding In Carriage Or Squatting In Steerage.