Publisher's Synopsis
Growing up in 1930s America, the young Sidney Sheldon knew what it was to struggle to get by. He worked as a bus-boy, a clerk, an usher - but his dream was to become a Hollywood writer. By a stroke of luck he became a reader for top producer David Selznick, and the dream began to materialise as he gained a reputation writing for the movies and musical theatre. After a spell in the wartime Army Air Corps, he returned to Hollywood to become the master of his game, working with stars like Cary Grant, Shirley Temple and Gene Kelly.
