Maggie Smith: A Biography by Michael Coveney
Two-time Academy Award winner, Dame Maggie Smith, has been performing on stage and screen for over six decades. With recent high-profile roles as Professor Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter film franchise, and as the formidable Dowager Countess of Grantham, in the successful television series Downton Abbey, Smith has never been more universally admired by generations of audiences. Coveney gives readers a rare glimpse into Smith's fascinating life by drawing on archives, interviews, and personal encounters, in an effort to discover the working-class lady at the centre of all the hype, who started in comedy revues, and is now one of the biggest stars to ever come out of Britain.Natural Born Keller: My Life and Other Palaver
Much-loved Australian radio and television personality, Amanda Keller, lifts the lid on her own life in this hilarious new book. Keller attempts to look back as to what it was that made her the powerful, influential woman that she is today *insert cough. From her sunny childhood in Brisbane, her daggy teenage years in Sydney, her "finest moments" at college, and finally to the establishment of her career amongst the heavy weights of Australian television and radio. Vivid, funny and entertaining.... just like Keller herself!
