Randy L. Schmidt is the author of the acclaimed bestselling biography Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter and the editor of Yesterday Once More: The Carpenters Reader. He has also written articles for the Advocate and the Observer. He lives in Denton, Texas.
“Who was the ‘real’ Judy Garland—the diminutive woman who lived a
life away from the camera? Judy Garland on Judy Garland is an
intriguing and seductive look at the icon through the eyes of the
fragile woman who lived in the shadow of her own stardom. At last,
we can read what Judy Garland thought of her talents, her
struggles, her achievements, and her life. This is the true story
of an international superstar whom the public never really knew.
Flirtatious, defiant, sympathetic, contradictory, funny, sad, and
charming—Judy Garland.” —Michael Gregg Michaud, author of Sal
Mineo: A Biography“The Holy Grail for fans of Judy Garland! Randy
L. Schmidt is the Indiana Jones of Garland archeology. Never before
has Judy been given such a laser-focused spotlight to speak for
herself—and like her greatest musical performances, she takes
center stage and wows us with every phrase. Careening from the
hilarious to the gut-wrenching, Judy will charm your socks off!
This book is not just over the rainbow, it’s out of the world!”
—Sam Irvin, author of Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise “A
fascinating, impressively researched insight into the heart and
mind of a twentieth-century icon. It reveals the true nature of
Judy Garland: the incisive wit, wicked sense of humor, and
self-deprecating lack of affectation. Life was not always a bowl of
cherries for Judy, but she was far from the tragic figure that many
bandwagon biographers have portrayed over the years. Four decades
of the divine Ms. Garland, in her own words, restored to humanity
at last.” —Gary Horrocks, editor, Judy Garland: A Celebration,
International Judy Garland Club
"Garland is often seen, nowadays, as a sort of tragic figure, a
superstar who achieved great heights and crippling lows, but here
we see her perhaps as she would want to be remembered: a eager,
supremely talented woman who never stopped dreaming of a brighter
future for herself." —Booklist Online
“Schmidt aptly structures the book chronologically, which by
default makes it the greatest Judy Garland encyclopedia out there,
in terms of search-ability, as such also becoming a fascinating
chronicle of how media focus has changed throughout the years, with
the first interviews being too polished for their own good, and the
last ones being messier, almost morbid in a way.” —PopMatters
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