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EllisAmburn'smagnificentbiographyoftheAcademyAward?-winningactressandlegendarybeautycapturestheunparalleledElizabethinallhertragedyandsplendor—hertumultuousloves,herdoomedaffections,hershockingexcesses,hercourage,andherinimitablestyle.Filledwithstunningrevelationsaboutthemeninherlife—Burton,Clift,Hilton,Dean,Fisher—itisagloriouscelebrationoftheturbulentlifeofabrilliantstarthatnoneinHollywoodorheavencouldeveroutshine.
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ElizabethLowellElizabethLowellhaswrittenavarietyofgenresunderavarietyofnames,somewithherhusbandEvanMaxwellandsomeonherown.Butitisherromancenovels--starringtheromantic,swashbucklingDonovanfamily--thathavebeenherbiggestsolosuccess.BiographyExtensiveandversatile,ElizabethLowell'srésuméoftitles(inalmosteverygenre)isaslongasthelistofhervariouspennames.She'swrittensciencefiction,mysteryandromance.She'salsopennedhistoricalfictionandcollaboratedonamovienovelization.SoprolificisLowellthatsheandherhusband,EvanMaxwell,havehadtocreateawholeraftofpseudonymsforherbooks.Herearliestwork,fromthe1970s,issciencefictionandiswrittenunderheractualname,AnnMaxwell.Theromancessheandherhusbandbeganwritingtogetherintheearly'90sareunderthesamename,becausetheirpublisherwantedafemaleauthor’snameonthecover.TheirSouthernCaliforniamysteryseriesfeaturingthedivorcedloversFiddlerandFioraarewrittenunderA.E.Maxwell(AnnandEvan),whiletheirjointnovelizationofthe1992ValKilmermovieThunderheartisunderthenameLowellCharters(hismiddlenameandhermaidenname.)Herbiggestsolosuccess,theromancenovelsthathavetakenherrepeatedlytoTheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlist,arecreditedtoElizabethLowell--acombinationofthecouple’smiddlenames.Lowell’sromancesarenotedfortheirsassand,ofcourse,theirsex.Buthercharacterizations,particularly,drawhighmarks."ElizabethLowell'stalentisenormous,"wroteTheRomanceReaderinitsreviewof1984'sForgetMeNot."Shehasmadeawell-deservednameforherselfbycraftinglikable,pluckyheroinesandenigmaticbutintelligentheroes."And,in1996theChicagoTribunewrote,"Theprotagonistshehaschosenforherhardcoverdebut,WinterFirecouldgiveaNavySEALlessonsinsurvival."Lowellembarkedonapopularseriesin1997withthepublicationofAmberBeach,whichintroducedreaderstotheDonovanfamily,titansinthemenacingworldofpreciousgemstoneswhomustdodgemurderers,thieves,andpower-hungrygovernmentstoprotecttheirbusiness.Ofthefirstintheseries,KirkusReviewswrote,"Aromancethatoffersallthesexualtension,adventureandsquishyclichésthatfansofthegenrecouldpossiblywant."WhenLowellwasgettingstartedassci-fiwriterAnnMaxwell,shewaswritingonlegalpadswhilecaringforhertwoyoungchildren.EvanwasareporterfortheLosAngelesTimes,coveringinternationalcrime.Intheearly1980s,afterhehadalreadycollaboratedonthreemysterynovelswithLowell,Maxwelldecidedtoquitdailyjournalismandwritefictionfull-time.ThecouplehassincebecomeacottageindustryofgenrefictionoperatingoutoftheirSeattle-areahome.Theycollaborateonsomeprojects,gosoloonothers.Lowellhasdescribedaseven-day-aweekworkpackedwithdeadlines,anorganizedeffortthatstartsoutwithbookoutlinesthattypicallytakeaboutamonthtodraftaswellascharactersketches.Thenthewritingbegins."Myfictiondealswithproblemsofstrengthratherthanproblemsofweakness,"shetoldContemporaryAuthors.Thereisnoappealorpurposeformeinreading--orwriting--fictionthatportraysincessant,excruciating,andpointlesspaininthelivesofcharacters."GoodToKnowReadersaresurprisedtofindoutthatthebooksLowellwriteswithherhusbandaretruecollaborations."Infact,alotofpeople,oncetheyknow,say,'Oh,Iknowwhodidthisinthebook,andIknowwhodidthis,'andthey'realmostinvariablywrong,"shetoldtheLosAngelesTimes.TwoofthemostintriguingtimeperiodsforLowellaremedievalEnglandandthepost-CivilWarperiodintheAmericanWest."Inbothcasesitwasatimeofexpandedpossibilitiesforindividuals,regardlessofbirthorheritage,tocreateabetterlifeand,ultimately,abetterworld,fromchaos,"shetoldContemporaryAuthors.AlsoKnownAs:AnnMaxwell;A.E.Maxwell;AnnaliseSun;LowellChartersDateofBirth:四月5,1944PlaceofBirth:Milwaukee,WisconsinEducation:B.A.,UniversityofCalifornia,1966
