A fresh look at Hellman’s restless life, her extraordinary plays, and her autobiographical myths

Lillian Hellman was a giant of twentieth-century letters and a groundbreaking figure as one of the most successful female playwrights on Broadway. Yet the autho

This portrait traces the controversial life of the successful playwright, including her relationship with Dashiell Hammett and details her active role in ideolo

Now in paperback--from the author of the acclaimed Whoredom in Kimmage, a moving, controversial, and supremely intelligent memoir of a bright and vulnerable tee

In the first dual biography of Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett, New York Times bestselling author Joan Mellen sheds new light on two of the twentieth centu