Sandra Shevey is a leading popular culture historian specializing in feminist-revisionist biography. Over her fifty-year career, she has interviewed over 500 major figures, focusing on themes of gender and race. Her work revisits cultural icons, offering fresh perspectives on their lives and legacies. Shevey has also lectured on film revisionism and developed courses on gender and race at numerous universities.
In an attempt to get at the real woman behind the myth, the author interviewed Marilyn Monroe's friends. These interviews, along with information about her affair with Jack Kennedy, and her death, portray a complicated and tortured individual.