John Lahr was the senior drama critic for the New Yorker for twenty years. He is a critic, novelist and biographer and is the author of seventeen books, including Notes on a Cowardly Lion, the biography of Bert Lahr and, most recently, Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, which was a finalist for the National Book Award 2014. He lives in North London.
By far the best thing about my stuff I've ever read Arthur Miller Luminous with insight and love for every aspect of the act of dramatic creation Daily Mail John Lahr writes like a master. He has a unique understanding of those who labour in the corners of showbiz Mike Nichols Lahr's profiles are the nearest we get to modern theatre history. What Lahr has is the key to the dressing room door Spectator Luminous with insight and love for every aspect of the act of dramatic creation' Daily Mail