David Evanier is the author of Woody: The Biography, All the Things You Are: The Life of Tony Bennett, and eight other books.
""Informed by scores of interviews with Darin's friends and associates … Evanier's book paints a picture of a ruthlessly ambitious musician … Sinatra may have had the bragging rights to 'My Way,' but Darin lived out the lyrics."" — Publishers Weekly ""This biography percolates with cool … [Evanier has] written a book so charged with intimacy, so heartbreakingly ebullient with life, that you feel that any moment the pages are about to snap their fingers and break into song."" — Caroline Leavitt, Boston Globe ""Evanier's portrait … is one of a bright talent that soared quickly and erupted in a flash of glory."" — David Hajdu, The Atlantic ""For [a] slightly darker look at Darin, hole up for the holidays with the latest book about Darin's rollercoaster life."" — Janet Maslin, ""Top Ten List of Books for Gifts,"" New York Times