Kitty Kelley, known for her often gossipy and lurid unauthorized celebrity biographies has set her sights on daytime talk show queen
Oprah Winfrey. Kelley has written biographies of some of the most famous and fascinating people of our era: Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor,Jacqueline Onassis, Nancy Reagan, the British royal family, and the Bush family. Random House imprint Crown Publishers announced that Ms. Kelley‘s 544-page unauthorized “Oprah: A Biography,” will be released on April 13. Crown executive director of publicity David Drake stated:
“Oprah has spent years eliciting intimate confessionals from her subjects, but she herself has a carefully guarded persona. This is the first complete portrait of her — it will reveal Oprah as she has never been seen before.”
The first printing will be at least 500,000 copies. She conducted 850 interviews for the book, the publisher said, and Ms. Kelley said she spent the last three years combing through Ms. Winfrey’s life. Kitty said she was “full of admiration for her accomplishments and fascinated by her complexity,” but also felt committed to writing the truth.
Personally I can’t wait to read it.
