Joan Rivers

Photograph by George Lange

About The Author

Joan Rivers was an American comedian, actress, talk show host, businesswoman, and celebrity. She was known for her brash manner and loud, raspy voice with a heavy metropolitan New York accent. Rivers was the National Chairwoman of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and is a board member of God's Love We Deliver. Like the ground-breaking Phyllis Diller, Rivers's act relied heavily on poking fun at herself. She died in 2014.

Books by Joan Rivers

Men Are Stupid . . . And They Like Big Boobs

A Woman's Guide to Beauty Through Plastic Surgery

By Joan Rivers and Valerie Frankel
Red carpet fashion laureate, comic icon, and outspoken superstar Joan Rivers gives her signature straight-talking advice to women on how to live better through looking better.
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Murder at the Academy Awards (R)

A Red Carpet Murder Mystery

By Joan Rivers and Jerrilyn Farmer
As the Queen of the Red Carpet, Joan Rivers has been eyewitness to Hollywood's most heinous crimes (okay, so they're fashion-related). And in this über-stylish mystery, she enlists her no-holds-barred, slightly blonder literary counterpart, Maxine Taylor, to solve a crime of a different sort. ...
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