Winona Ryder: The Biography

by Nigel Goodall

Her life is examined from her days as a teen star to respected actress.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography

Paperback

First published November 1, 1998

About the author

Nigel Goodall is one of the most respected celebrity biographers in the UK with more than 20 books on the movie and pop world to his credit. He has written about some of the biggest names in showbusiness including Elton John, Kylie Minogue, Ray Winstone, David Tennant and Winona Ryder, which combined, have sold over a million copies and won him a literary prize nomination.

Reviews

[Jevron McCrory · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a genuine surprise.

Nigel Goodall's bio on Christian Slater could have been knocked out in an afternoon but here, there's some genuine delving below the surface for Winona.

A ton I didn't know, coupled with some VERY interesting behind-the-scenes info on her films (especially Coppola's Dracula, which happens to be one of my favourite films) makes this a solid biography and a very worthy read.

Winona appears to be a rational, level headed and very willful personality. Thanks to this book, I feel like I know her and her career a little better.

[Caroline Barron · Rating 2 out of 5]

I mean, yeah. Out of date and the writing is so so, but it served my purpose of finding out about WR's early life.

[James Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

1998, 240 pages. There's one section of black-and-white photographs, and another section of color photographs. Another biography of the actress. One of the interesting things about the book is that it is printed in slightly larger type then normal and the words are darker than normal, making the book actually physically easier to read than most other books of its nature. Definitely a worthwhile book to add to your collection about her.