Tag: biography

Book Brief: Nowhere Man

Nowhere Man: The Final Days of John Lennon
by Robert Rosen
Genre: Nonfiction/Biography/Memoir
70,000 words

The “official” version of John’s five-year tenure as househusband was one of domestic bliss. In reality, Lennon’s daily life at the Dakota drifted between contradictory desires and minor obsessions—all magnified by the tedium of isolation.

Nowhere Man is an intimate journey through Lennon’s last years, carrying us from his self-imposed seclusion to his re-entry into public life with the making of Double Fantasy. Rosen does not let us go until we’ve faced the abrupt and tragic fate of one of the most creative minds of our time.

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Book Brief – Marilyn Monroe: My Little Secret

Marilyn Monroe: My Little Secret
by Tony Jerris
Genre: Non-fiction, Biographies & Memoirs
65,000 words

In 2001, author Tony Jerris met Jane Lawrence, who knew Marilyn Monroe very well. They became close friends and she told Tony her story. At 12, she started Marilyn’s fan club at Fox. By the time Jane was 16, their relationship had become physically intimate.

Marilyn referred to Jane as “my little secret,” hence the title of the book, Marilyn Monroe: My Little Secret. The book is a provocative, poignant, no-holds-barred account of the relationship between Jane and Marilyn, which Tony has written in Ms. Lawrence’s voice.

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Marcia Noren Joins the Staff

Author Marcia Quinn Noren
Author Marcia Quinn Noren

We are pleased to share the news that nonfiction author and editor Marcia Noren is joining the staff of Indies Unlimited as our resident nonfiction guru.

Marcia is the author of the biography Joan of Arc, The Mystic Legacy. She spent over a decade researching the life story of Joan of Arc, and published the book in November, 2011. A second edition will eventually follow.

Her memoir, “Sheets of White Linen” is still in progress. An excerpt, submitted for critique was awarded “first place, nonfiction book” by the California Writer’s Club.

We know Marcia’s insights, experience and expertise will help address the growing need for information specifically geared to nonfiction writers and researchers in the indie author community. Please welcome Marcia Noren to the Indies Unlimited family.

 

Video Trailer: On the Trail of the Ancestors: A Black Cowboy’s Ride Across America

Today we have the book video trailer for Lisa Winkler’s Black History/biography: On the Trail of the Ancestors: A Black Cowboy’s Ride Across America.

A fascinating Black History memoir tells the little-known six-month adventure of an African-American cowboy who rode horseback from Manhattan to California.

On the Trail of the Ancestors: A Black Cowboy’s Ride Across America is available through Amazon.com.