Suzanne Finstad

Suzanne Finstad is an award-winning author, biographer, and journalist. Prior to Natalie Wood: The Complete Biography, she wrote the New York Times bestseller Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood. Natasha, among other distinctions, was named the best film book of 2001 by The San Francisco Chronicle. Two of Finstad's other books, Sleeping With the Devil and the groundbreaking Child Bride, were also bestsellers. The Sunday Times of London named Finstad's biography, A Private Man, one of the top five entertainment books of 2005. In her acclaimed first book, Heir Not Apparent, Finstad, a lawyer on the case, exposed a cover-up in the legal battle for Howard Hughes Jr.'s billion-dollar fortune. She has served as Executive Producer and Associate Producer on film adaptations of her literary works. Suzanne Finstad lives in West Hollywood.