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C. W. Gortner

Biography

C. W. Gortner

C. W. Gortner holds an MFA in writing, with an emphasis on historical studies, from the New College of California. He is the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of MADEMOISELLE CHANEL, THE QUEEN'S VOW, THE CONFESSIONS OF CATHERINE DE MEDICI, THE LAST QUEEN, THE VATICAN PRINCESS and MARLENE, among other books. He lives in San Francisco.

C. W. Gortner

Books by C. W. Gortner

by C. W. Gortner - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Based on the life of legendary film star Marlene Dietrich, MARLENE imagines her rise from the gender-bending cabarets of Weimar Berlin to the film studios of Hollywood, where would become one of the world’s most iconic actresses.