BWW Interviews: Author James Spada Discusses New eBook on Barbra Streisand

Her fans have always been borderline obsessive about her, so if she was now retired and had been so for some years, they would still be her fans. But the fact that after fifty years in show business she's still selling records, selling out concert venues, and making hit movies just makes being a Streisand fan all that more exciting. And every project she does just adds more fans.

Are there greater opportunities in LA for you as a writer now than there are back east? Explain!

If I'm writing about Hollywood what better place to be than L.A.? Between July 1996 and August 2011 I was in Boston. I loved it there but I didn't know a single Streisand or Marilyn Monroe fan (Marilyn is my other favorite). I renewed long-time friendships when I got here, including with my best friend and sometime collaborator Chris Nickens, who lives and breathes show business!

What other e-books do you have published?

In addition to "Streisand: Her Life," we have done "Grace: The Secret Lives of a Princess" and "Peter Lawford: The Man Who Kept the Secrets." Next up is "Monroe: Her Life in Pictures." My novel about Edgar Allan Poe, "Days When My Heart Was Volcanic," is also an eBook. The books are available in Amazon's Kindle Store, Barnes & Noble, iTunes and Kobo.

Here's a link to the book on Amazon. If you don't have a Kindle, click this LINK to download software that will allow you to read the book on any device, including your PC or Mac.

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Don Grigware is an Ovation nominated actor and writer whose contributions to theatre through the years have included 6 years as theatre editor of NoHoLA, a contributor to LA Stage magazine and currently on his own website: www.grigwaretalkstheatre.com