A comprehensive biography of one of the world's biggest stars. WILLIAM J. MANN is the author of many books including How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood and Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn. Born in Connecticut, Mann worked briefly in Washington, DC, as a Capitol Hill aide before receiving his Masters degree at Wesleyan University. His biography of Katharine Hepburn, titled Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn, received extraordinary acclaim when it was published in 2006. The New York Times named Kate one of the 100 Notable Books of 2006. Mann won the Lambda Literary Award in 1999 for Wisecracker: The Life and Times of William Haines.