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"She represented the distilled essence of the battle between the sexes." -- Anne Edwards
This article is about the author. For the Canadian politician, see Anne Edwards


Anne Edwards (born August 20, 1927, Port Chester, New York, USA) is an author best known for her biographies of celebrities that include Princess Diana, Maria Callas, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Vivien Leigh, Margaret Mitchell, Ronald Reagan, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Temple and Countess Sonya Tolstoy. She attended University of California, Los Angeles (1943-46) and Southern Methodist University (1947-48). A child performer on stage and radio, she began her writing career as a junior writer at MGM in 1944 and became a noted Hollywood screenwriter and television writer during the late 1940s and early 1950s. She lived in the UK and Europe from the mid 1950s until 1972. Her film credits include co-writing the first draft of the screenplay for the film Funny Girl (1968) starring Barbra Streisand. She wrote her first novel, the best-selling The Survivors, in 1968 and subsequently (as of 2008) has written seven novels, fifteen biographies, three children's books, and (with her husband -- composer-musicologist-pianist Stephen Citron)-- an autobiography. She lived in Connecticut, USA in 1997. She is a past president of the Authors Guild and currently serves on its Board of Directors. Her collection of literary manuscripts, papers, and related materials is now part of the Special Collections Department of the Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA, where she has taught writing. She currently resides in Beverly Hills, California.

In an interview for Publishers Weekly, Edwards said, "An idea hits me, then I develop the story or, in the case of a biography, think of a person who exemplifies that theme. Vivien [Leigh], Judy [Garland] and Sonya [Tolstoy] were vastly interesting people and symbolic of certain things: Judy, the exploitation of a woman; Vivien, somebody who suffered from manic-depression; Sonya, an intelligent woman subjugated to a man who used her, drained her, made a villain of her."

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Total Books: 149
Alexandrovitch Is Missing
Alexandrovitch Is Missing (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780340106006
ISBN-10: 034010600X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Being an Expert Professional Practitioner The Relational Turn in Expertise
Being an Expert Professional Practitioner the Relational Turn in Expertise [Professional and Practice-based Learning] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9789048139682
ISBN-10: 9048139686
Genre: Business & Money
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Callas
Callas (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780297841289
ISBN-10: 0297841289
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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Child of night
Child of Night (Other)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780394490878
ISBN-10: 0394490878
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A Childs Bible
A Childs Bible (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780809128679
ISBN-10: 0809128675
Genres: Children's Books, Christian Books & Bibles
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A Child's Bible
A Child's Bible [Piccolo Books] (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780330236881
ISBN-10: 0330236881
Genre: Children's Books
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Child's Bible the Old Testament Rewritten by Anne Edwards the New Testament Rewritten by Shirley Steen
De Milles an American Family
De Milles an American Family (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780002152419
ISBN-10: 000215241X
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The Demilles Family An American Family
The Demilles Family an American Family (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780318334271
ISBN-10: 0318334275
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Diana and the Rise of the House of Spencer
Diana and the Rise of the House of Spencer (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780340718544
ISBN-10: 0340718544
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
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Divina La
Divina La (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780330334709
ISBN-10: 0330334700
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Early Reagan
Early Reagan (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780340388143
ISBN-10: 0340388145
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Early Reagan the Rise of an American Her
Early Reagan the Rise of an American Her [Coronet Books] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780340430705
ISBN-10: 0340430702
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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Early Reagan The Rise to Power
Early Reagan the Rise to Power (Hardcover)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780688060503
ISBN-10: 0688060501
Genres: Arts & Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, History
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Effective Early Years Education Teaching Young Children
Effective Early Years Education Teaching Young Children (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780335191888
ISBN-10: 0335191886
Genre: Nonfiction
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Ever After Diana and the Life She Led
Ever After Diana and the Life She Led (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780312253141
ISBN-10: 0312253141
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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Exploring the Purcell wilderness
Exploring the Purcell Wilderness (Other)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780888941763
ISBN-10: 0888941765
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The Great Houdini
The Great Houdini (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780399610202
ISBN-10: 0399610200
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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The Grimaldis of Monaco
The Grimaldis of Monaco (Hardcover)Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780688088378
ISBN-10: 0688088376
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, History
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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The Grimaldis of Monaco Centuries of Scandal Years of Grace
The Grimaldis of Monaco/Large Print
The Grimaldis of Monaco/large Print [Charnwood Large Print Library Series] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780708987490
ISBN-10: 0708987494
Genre: History
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Maria Callas Intime Biographie [Biographie 7731 - French Edition] (Paperback)
P T Barnum [See and read biography] (Other)