A Lerner biography

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Thomas Edison

inventor of the Age of Electricity
2003
A biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the electric lighting system and the phonograph.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

voice of the Jazz Age
2003
Traces the troubled life of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, from his spoiled, yet insecure childhood through his difficult marriage and writing career to his early death.

Charlie Chaplin

genius of the silent screen
2000
Traces the life of the legendary film star, from his impoverished childhood in England through his years of success in motion pictures in the United States to his exile in 1952.

Ella Fitzgerald

first lady of song
2001
A biography of the celebrated jazz singer, known especially for her scat singing and "songbook" recordings of the works of many major American composers.

The Bronte family

passionate literary geniuses
2003
A joint biography of Charlotte, Emily, Branwell, and Anne Bronte, exploring how the siblings sparked creativity in each other and how their lives were woven into their novels.

Babe Didrikson Zaharias

driven to win
2000
A biography of the multi-talented female athlete, discussing the different sports in which she competed and her part in creating the first women's professional golf circuit.
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