Carl Rollyson is professor emeritus of journalism at Baruch College, CUNY. He is author of many biographies, including The Last Days of Sylvia Plath; The Life of William Faulkner; American Isis: The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath; Amy Lowell Anew: A Biography; A Real American Character: The Life of Walter Brennan; Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews; and Marilyn Monroe: A Life of the Actress, Revised and Updated. He is also coauthor (with Lisa Paddock) of Susan Sontag: The Making of an Icon, Revised and Updated.