About the Author

LEE SERVER is a writer and biographer whose previous book, Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care, was named a Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times.

Reviews

"A life of much too much, all of it thoroughly and satisfyingly recounted." --New York Daily News "Server writes with a contagious enthusiasm." --Kirkus Reviews "Entertaining." --Library Journal "Enthralling...an extended toast to [Gardner]." --Peter Bogdanovich, The New York Times "A seductivtive book." --The New York Times "Every bit as thrilling as Server's previous biography of Robert Mitchum." --The Times (UK) "Server, who perfectly captured Robert Mitchum's laconic laissez-faire in Robert Mitchum: 'Baby, I Don't Care', follows with another captivating chronicle." --Filmmonthly "Deliciously entertaining." --Publishers Weekly "The most complete and engrossing biography yet of this exotic Southern girl...An excellent book, full of juicy new detail." --Liz Smith, New York Post "Exceptionally well written, a huge step above most star biographies." --Toronto Globe and Mail "Writing with poetic grace and titillating candor, he traces Gardner's path from Tobacco Road to Tinseltown." --American Way "A compelling triumph of a biography." --Filmmonthly "As close as we will ever get to an evening out with the woman herself." --The Sunday Times (UK) "No writer had ever managed to capture [Ava Gardner's] life of volcanic excess until now." --Noir City Sentinel "A wholly worthwhile biography to sink your teeth into." --Buffalo News