I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed that Katharine Carr Esters claims that she was 'tricked' into divulging her true feelings about Oprah and that she now denies that she revealed to me the identity of Oprah's biological father. Kitty Kelley biologicalcarrclaim share on social
People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic. Kitty Kelley authenticauthorizeforget Change image and share on social
The authorized biographers - the ones hand-picked to write the sanitized version of a subject's life - sit up front with the swells while the unauthorized biographer who writes without access or approval gets elbowed to the back of the bus. Kitty Kelley accessapprovalauthorize share on social
Both Kennedy and Obama exuded a dash of glamour in their roles as commander-in-chief and became the darlings of Hollywood. As president, each brought to the White House a fashionable and accomplished First Lady, two adorable young children and scene-stealing pets. Kitty Kelley accomplishadorablebring share on social
JFK used to say the bishops and the cardinals were all Republicans, but the nuns were Democrats! I sort of believe that too. Kitty Kelley bishopcardinaldemocrat Change image and share on social
I can't say I wasn't warned. Alarms started clanging the day I signed to write 'His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra' (Bantam Books, 1986). Kitty Kelley alarmbantambiography Change image and share on social
Shortly after Senator Eugene J. McCarthy died in 2005 the age of 89, I became an honorary member of the committee starting a fellowship in McCarthy's name at his alma mater, Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Kitty Kelley agealmacollegeville share on social
I have believed in the biographies I have written. I truly can tell you that they have influenced our society politically, culturally, socially. Kitty Kelley believebiographyculturally Change image and share on social
I am what is known as a benched Catholic and disillusioned by the church doctrine. I believe in things the Catholic Church does not believe in: divorce being one, and a women's right to choose being another. Kitty Kelley benchcatholicchoose share on social
My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as 'an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness.' Kitty Kelley acutebiographycapacity share on social