Welcome to the official website of Kitty Kelley, America's bestselling investigative biographer. Her in-depth and revealing examinations of high profile subjects include Oprah, the Bush family, the British Monarchy, Nancy Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Her most recent books are Let Freedom Ring: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the March on Washington and Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of the Kennedys.

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Let Freedom Ring: Stanley Tretick’s Iconic Images of the March on Washington.



Capturing Camelot: Stanley Tretick's Iconic Images of The Kennedys.

Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship

The Kitty Kelley Dissertation Fellowship in Biography will provide $25,000 to a doctoral student who is writing a dissertation in English focused on the life…

Thinkin’ in the Bardo

by Kitty Kelley George Saunders did not want his tombstone to read, “Here lies a guy who never did what he wanted to do.” So,…

1974 All Over Again

Maureen Dowd refers to “Death and the All-American Boy”                           New York Times…

Kitty Kelley’s Endless Generosity

by Holly Smith Bestselling biographer and all-around excellent literary citizen Kitty Kelley has done it again. Just a few months after her historic donation to…

Theater Kid

by Kitty Kelley Being poor, adopted, gay, and Jewish fueled Jeffrey Seller to become a multimillionaire and then spiraled him into psychotherapy four days a…

Clare McCardell

by Kitty Kelley Women might be surprised to learn that much of what hangs in their closets was designed by a woman they’ve never heard…

Desi Arnaz

by Kitty Kelley He was Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III from Santiago de Cuba, but you might remember him as Ricky Ricardo on…

The Golden Hour

by Kitty Kelley The first commandment for authors: Write what you know. And in his fourth book, The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and…

Kitty Kelley & Rep. John Lewis

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