David Wallace is the author of several books, including the national bestseller Lost Hollywood. He is the former national correspondent for People Weekly and has published regularly in numerous other publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Life. He cofounded the publicity and PR firm Gifford/Wallace, which represented the hugely successful rock musical Hair. He lives in Palm Springs, California.
"The 1920s' distinctive cultural creation, the celebrity, is the real star of this gallery of famous New Yorkers... Take Fanny Brice, then a popular comedienne. She was the inspiration for the hit musical and 1968 movie Funny Girl... Others are novelist Anita Loos (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), mobster Lucky Luciano (The Godfather), and a Harlem nightclub (The Cotton Club)... Also including figures from journalism, prostitution, politics, music, and dance, Wallace's tome recalls the fizz and biz of 1920s publicity."-Booklist "...a great summer read." -BoweryBoys.com "...compelling and appealing... [an] engaging recounting of the era as personified by some of its most colorful characters." -Sam Roberts, The New York Times "David Wallace anoints 1920s New York the Capital of the World." -Vanity Fair
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