Donald Spoto
Author · 27 books
A prolific and respected biographer and theologian, Donald Spoto is the author of twenty published books, among them bestselling biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Alfred Hitchcock, Tennessee Williams, and Ingrid Bergman. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Donald Spoto earned his Ph.D. in theology at Fordham University. After years as a theology professor, he turned to fulltime writing. The Hidden Jesus: A New Life, published in 1999, was hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "offering a mature faith fit for the new millennium." His successful biography of Saint Francis was published in 2002.
Books
Diana
The Last Year
1998
The Decline and Fall of the House of Windsor
1995
A Girl's Got To Breathe
The Life of Teresa Wright
2016
Blue Angel
1992
Falling in Love Again Marlene Dietrich
1989
Enchantment
The Life of Audrey Hepburn
2006
Reluctant Saint
The Life of Francis of Assisi
2002
Lenya
A Life
1989
The Kindness of Strangers
The Life of Tennessee Williams
2015
Joan
The Mysterious Life of the Heretic Who Became a Saint
2007
The Dark Side of Genius
The Life of Alfred Hitchcock
1983
Elizabeth Taylor
1995
The Redgraves
A Family Epic
2012
Otherwise Engaged
The Life of Alan Bates
2007
A Passion for Life
The Biography of Elizabeth Taylor
1995
Madcap
The Life of Preston Sturges
1990
In Silence
Why We Pray
2004
Spellbound by Beauty
Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies
1992
Laurence Olivier
A Biography
1991
Possessed
The Life of Joan Crawford
2010
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
A Life
2000
Rebel
The Life and Legend of James Dean
1996
High Society
The Life of Grace Kelly
2009
The Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Fifty Years of His Motion Pictures
1976
Notorious
The Life of Ingrid Bergman
1997
The Hidden Jesus
A New Life
1998
Marilyn Monroe
The Biography
1993
