Jacqueline Susann was born on August 20, 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At age eighteen she left Philadelphia and moved to New York where she could pursue in an acting career. She played a supporting role in a television series, and wrote, produced, and stared in 2 live commercials every night. She won Best Dressed Woman in Television award four times. The first book she wrote was "Every Night, Josephine!", a simple, fun novel about her dog. When that became a hit she was quick to write her next novel, "Valley of the Dolls". The book was almost rejected by her publishers due to its content. The novel was released February 10, 1966, it was an instant hit. The public loved reading about the secret life of Hollywood, the life the public had not known. The readers loved "guessing who" the novel was based on.

"Valley of the Dolls" is a novel that takes...