Hannah Beer is a writer from North West England. She lives in London and works in communications. A reformed fangirl, she has an encyclopedic knowledge of celebrity culture that she writes about in her newsletter Emotional Speculation. When not working or writing, she enjoys reading, going to gigs, and cooking elaborate meals for her friends.
Beer's new novel is I Make My Own Fun.
At Electric Lit the author tagged eight books about the excesses and intrigues of celebrity. One title on the list:
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins ReidRead about another entry on Beer's list.
It’s not possible to make a list of this kind and leave out Taylor Jenkins Reid. I had my pick—complex famous women are TJR’s specialty—but I had to go with Evelyn Hugo because the eponymous protagonist has that seismic, dial-shifting fame that is so difficult to capture. The book follows Evelyn Hugo, an elusive, Elizabeth Taylor-eqsue actor, as she opens up for the first time about her rise to fame, her decades in the spotlight, and her infamous seven marriages. This is the book you take on holiday and delay pre-dinner drinks to finish reading: It’s propulsive, emotionally absorbing, and oozing with old-Hollywood delights.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is among Susan Meissner's six novels of intrigue set in Golden Age Hollywood, People magazine staffers' favorite literary romances, Elizabeth Staple's eight titles about youthful mistakes that come back to haunt you, Katherine St. John's five top fiction titles about Hollywood, and Kerri Jarema's eleven top novels set in Old Hollywood.
--Marshal Zeringue
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