Elizabeth Taylor was the biggest star of the 20th century. She was the first actor to successfully break the million-dollar mark when she negotiated her starring role in Cleopatra and she championed independent filmmaking with her Oscar-winning performance in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. She took on the AIDS epidemic when few would and she created an iconic business, all while facing tremendous loss and waging her own private battle with chronic pain and addiction. NY Times bestselling author Kate Andersen Brower takes readers through an epic journey into the world of the real Elizabeth Taylor, exploring her undeniable and enduring influence on pop culture and modern-day celebrity as we now know it. She is a CNN contributor, a former CBS News staffer and Fox News producer. She has written for the NY Times, Vanity Fair, and the Washington Post.