About the Author

Peter Thompson was a Fleet Street journalist for twenty years, deputy editor of the Daily Mirror, editor of the Sunday Mirror and a director of Mirror Group Newspapers. He has written numerous biographies including those on Jack Nicholson, Princess Diana and Robert Maxwell. Recent books co-written with Robert Macklin include THE BATTLE OF BRISBANE (0733308961) and KEEP OFF THE SKYLINE (2004). He lives in London where he runs Mayfair News Service.