Keeping Secrets: Undercover In The Hollywood Closet

by Ian Halperin

A Premium selection for Fall 2020. A must read!In his new book Keeping Undercover In the Hollywood Closet, Ian Halperin — award-winning undercover investigative journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author — unveils in astonishing detail the startling findings of his decade-long investigation that has seen him join a celebrity cult, apply for a job as an L.A. escort, ride through the Hollywood Hills with a drug dealer to the stars, and participate in a weekly show business poker game known as the Queers of the Round Table. Along the way, he unveils the workings of an industry heavily invested in maintaining an illusion that bears no semblance to reality and which can't afford to allow the public to know how deeply homosexuality is ingrained in Hollywood and the music business. His riveting exposé — which, among other things, sees him infiltrate the Church of Scientology posing as a gay actor seeking a “cure” — spotlights the devastating emotional toll the industry’s self-imposed closet takes on hundreds of celebrities and the staggering effort to maintain the code of silence with billions of dollars at stake. No.1 NY Times bestselling author Ian Halperin has written many bestselling books which have been translated in more than 100 countries and 30 languages. He is also an award-winning filmmaker, having directed several highly acclaimed documentaries, including Gone Too Soon (Michael Jackson), Wish You Weren't Here (Roger Waters/Antisemitism) and The Cobain Case (Paramount). Also a professional saxophone player, Halperin has toured with his original music all over North America and Europe. He regularly appears on tv and radio networks, including Sirius XM, NBC, CBS, CNN and ABC. Halperin is currently working on a six-volume book and film series on greed and corruption by the world's richest, elite public figures.Praise for Ian "A judicious presentation of explosive material" - The New Yorker"Halperin comes to the story determined to hold to the truth, no matter where it leads him." - The Times (U.K.)"A fascinating portrait...Halperin is an excellent writer." - Jackie Collins"under-the-microscope masterpiece of pop-culture reporting … [Halperin delivers] the goods via prodigious digging through court documents, hundreds of Hollywood sources and the kind of dogged shoe-leather reporting that has gone out of fashion.”(LA Weekly)

224 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 20, 2020

About the author

Ian Halperin is a Canadian investigative journalist and writer whose 2009 book, Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson, which was a number one best seller on the New York Times list on July 24, 2009. He is the author or coauthor of nine books, including Celine Dion: Behind the Fairytale, Fire and Rain: The James Taylor Story and Hollywood Undercover. He coauthored Who Killed Kurt Cobain? and Love and Death: The Murder of Kurt Cobain with Max Wallace. Halperin has contributed to 60 Minutes II and is a regular correspondent for Court TV.