Gail Crowther

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About The Author

Dr. Gail Crowther is a writer, researcher, and academic. She is the author of Dorothy Parker in HollywoodThree-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz: The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne SextonThe Haunted Reader & Sylvia Plath, and the coauthor of Sylvia Plath in Devon: A Year’s Turning and These Ghostly Archives: The Unearthing of Sylvia Plath. Gail divides her time between the North of England and London. 

Books by Gail Crowther

Dorothy Parker in Hollywood
An expansive, illuminating, and “welcome addition to understand” (Shelf Awareness) the legendary writer Dorothy Parker, this unique biography explores her life and legacy in Hollywood—from the author of the “fascinating” (Town & Country) Three Martini Afternoons at the Rit...
Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz

The Rebellion of Sylvia Plath & Anne Sexton

Named a Best Book of the Year by the Los Angeles Times

In this vividly rendered and empathetic biography of two of the greatest poets of the 20th century—Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton—“the friendship and rivalry that the pair shared—not to mention the titular cocktails ...
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