In Hollywood today, few actresses convey the glamour of the great stars of another era or guarantee box-office gold like Julia Roberts. Yet, of all the actresses working today, she has managed, despite intense media speculation and intrusion into her life, to retain a mystique that keeps fans and critics alike questioning what really makes her tick. Now, celebrated biographer James Spada turns his unstinting insight to this most elusive of stars and reveals for the first time how she got to be the highest paid woman in Hollywood — and the truth behind her dramatic love life. From the fascinating details of her bohemian childhood in Georgia to what her glamorous life is really like, James Spada's explosive biography provides all of the answers to these questions and more....

James Spada is a writer and photographer who has written internationally bestselling biographies of Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Peter Lawford, and Princess Grace of Monaco. He has also compiled pictorial biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Marilyn Monroe, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Redford, and Jane Fonda, among others. He lives near Boston, Massachusetts.