Death of a Playmate: A True Story of a Playboy Centerfold Killed by her Jealous Husband (The Stacks Reader Series)

Dorothy Stratten, a naive and beautiful young woman with an overbearing husband, becomes a superstar Playboy centerfold and part of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's inner circle. When she dumps the husband and takes up with a famous movie director (Peter Bogdanovich) , carnage ensues.. Including an interview with the author by imprint editor Alex Belth.. About the AuthorTeresa Carpenter, the editor of the Modern Library's critically acclaimed New York Diaries: 1609-2009, is a former senior editor of the Village Voice, where her articles on crime and the law won a Pulitzer Prize. She is the best-selling author of four books, including Missing Beauty and Without a Doubt, with O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark. She lives in New York's Greenwich Village with her husband, Steven Levy, Wired's editor-at-large.About The Stacks Reader SeriesThe Stacks Reader Series highlights classic literary non-fiction and short fiction by great journalists that would otherwise be lost to history - a living archive of memorable storytelling by notable authors. Curated by Alex Belth and brought to you by The Sager Group, with support from NeoText (www.NeoTextCorp.com) .