About the Author

Lee Server is the author of "Danger Is My Business," "Sam Fuller: Film Is A Battleground," and "Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care.""

Reviews

"A life of much too much, all of it thoroughly and satisfyingly recounted."--"New York Daily News""" "Server writes with a contagious enthusiasm."--"Kirkus Reviews" "Entertaining."--"Library Journal" "Enthralling...an extended toast to [Gardner]."--Peter Bogdanovich, "The New York Times" "A seductive book."--"The New York Times" "Every bit as thrilling as Server's previous biography of Robert Mitchum."--"The Times (UK)" "Server, who perfectly captured Robert Mitchum's laconic laissez-faire in Robert Mitchum: 'Baby, I Don't Care', follows with another captivating chronicle."--"Filmmonthly" "Deliciously entertaining."--"Publishers Weekly" "The most complete and engrossing biography yet of this exotic Southern girl...An excellent book, full of juicy new detail."--Liz Smith," New York Post""" "Exceptionally well written, a huge step above most star biographies."--"Toronto Globe and Mail" "Writing with poetic grace and titillating candor, he traces Gardner's path from Tobacco Road to Tinseltown."--"American Way" "A compelling triumph of a biography."--Filmmonthly "As close as we will ever get to an evening out with the woman herself."--"The Sunday Times (UK)" "No writer had ever managed to capture [Ava Gardner's] life of volcanic excess until now."--"Noir City Sentinel""" "A wholly worthwhile biography to sink your teeth into."--"Buffalo News""" Praise for Lee Server's "Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care."""Server sustains a fascination for his subject that is broad enough to encompass the man's miserable behavior alongside his vast admiration for Mitchum's body of work and hugely iconic personality." -"The New York Times"
"An elegant job." -"Entertainment Weekly"
"Is isn't always pretty, but it's never boring." -"Biography Magazine"