Sally Bedell Smith is the author of the bestselling biographies of Diana, Princess of Wales, John and Jacqueline Kennedy, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Pamela Churchill Harriman and Bill Paley. A contributing editor at Vanity Fairsince 1996, she previously worked at Time and The New York Times, where she was a cultural news reporter. Sally is the mother of three children and lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Stephen.
A thoroughly good read * Daily Mail * Incisive... well researched * Choice Magazine * A worthy addition to the shelves of royal watchers everywhere * Sunday Independent * The book has much to recommend it, being extensively researched, fluently written and containing quite a lot of intriguing new information * The Telegraph * Sally Bedell Smith offers her readers the illusion of knowing the queen as a friend * The Economist *