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Lady Gaga bio is on the way

By Carolyn Kellogg
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Was it the crazy headgear? The cage-like dresses? The sculptural hairdos? The multiple Grammy Awards?

Something got the attention of the Overlook Press, which has announced it will publish the first (if unauthorized) biography of Lady Gaga. The book ‘Lady Gaga: Behind the Fame’ will tell the story of 23-year-old Stefani Germanotta, Catholic school girl turned go-go dancer.

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Due to hit shelves early next month, the book will be 288 pages, 32 of which will be devoted to photos.

The news release states that this ‘inspiring story’ will be an ‘intimate look into the music, fashion, art and life of the first Lady of pop.’

Don’t tell Madonna. Or Beyonce. Or any other contenders for pop’s first Lady.

The Overlook Press has published many biographies, focusing on creative types as diverse as William Faulkner, Ewan McGregor, Virginia Wolfe and British singing phenomenon Susan Boyle.

How will its Lady Gaga bio compare?

All I know is I hope it comes in a sparkly, lightning-bolt cage.

-- Carolyn Kellogg

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Carolyn Kellogg

Carolyn Kellogg is a prize-winning writer who served as Books editor of the Los Angeles Times for three years. She joined the L.A. Times in 2010 as staff writer in Books and left in 2018. In 2019, she was a judge of the National Book Award in Nonfiction. Prior to coming to The Times, Kellogg was editor of LAist.com and the web editor of the public radio show Marketplace. She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in English from the University of Southern California.

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