INVENTING THE IT GIRL: How Elinor Glyn Created the Modern Romance and Conquered Early Hollywood

Traces Glyn's meteoric rise from a depressed society darling to a world renowned celebrity romance author. During the Roaring Twenties, and lured by movie producers, Glyn crafted some of early Hollywood's most passionate romantic stories. This is a portrait of a courageous icon who changed the way we look at romance on the page and screen. Illus.