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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Thrilled with this gorgeous cover of my new book exploring the personal library of Marilyn Monroe. Published in the US on May 26 by Gallery Books | Simon & Schuster. The UK release details tba. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Marily... #MarilynMonroe

Marilyn Monroe reading a book on her bed.

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

"Why don't you?" Mrs. Danvers (Judith Anderson) tries to talk the second Mrs. de Winter (Joan Fontaine) onto the ledge in Rebecca (1940)

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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Cumbrian sunset and orange rockpools.

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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I found such a beautiful copy of Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas in a second-hand book shop. It was published in 1961.

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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Daphne du Maurier's typewriter, on display in Jamaica Inn, Cornwall

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George Yatchisin @gyatchisin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

My latest review for CALIRB, of Gail Crowther's "Dorothy Parker in Hollywood," couldn't be more timely--let's look at what a blacklist does to a person and a culture, shall we? calirb.com/dorothy-park...

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Dorothy Parker in Hollywood by Gail Crowther

Gallery Books Review by George Yatchisin Late in her life Dorothy Parker claimed during an interview that if she wrote a memoir—which she was loathe to do (and never did)—she would title it ...

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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Virginia Woolf and her glamorous passport.

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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

As if being on Vulture's 2024 Book Gift Guide isn't exciting enough, I'm sandwiched between a book about Stanley Kubrick's The Shining and Cher's memoir 😍 www.vulture.com/article/book...

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Vulture’s 2024 Books Gift Guide

A lack of celebrity memoirs doesn’t mean a lack of gossip.

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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I LOVE this wonderful and sensitive review of Dorothy Parker in Hollywood by Chris Daley in Alta 💛 www.altaonline.com/books/nonfic...

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Bright Lights, Big City

In Dorothy Parker in Hollywood, Gail Crowther reimagines a large life.

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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

During this summer in Hollywood, I got to see some of Marilyn Monroe's clothes and objects. And it was fabulous. (Pink Pucci blouse | Black dress worn in Korea | Jewellery from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)

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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

A photograph of Sylvia Plath's well-used, well-thumbed copy of Roget's Thesaurus ❤️

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Eiderdown Books @eiderdownbooks.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hello! 👋 We're an indie publishing house making books about women artists. Here's our series of pocket hardbacks on some brilliant artists you should know. Follow along for latest news and upcoming releases 📚

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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Hello Bluesky 👋😍 ~ I write books and I love reading 💛

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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The sea fog has rolled in this afternoon. All sound, muffled. The air oddly damp and salty.

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Dr Gail Crowther @gailcrowther.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

New book: Dorothy Parker in Hollywood 💛

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