Robert Hofler survived a forty-year career in journalism, working
as an editor at Life, Us, and Variety, among
many other publications. He is now the theater critic for The
Wrap and lives in New York City. Hofler is also author of the
books Sexplosion: From Andy Warhol to "A Clockwork Orange"-How a
Generation of Pop Rebels Broke All the Taboos, Variety's
"The Movie That Changed My Life," and Party Animals: A
Hollywood Tale of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Starring the
Fabulous Allan Carr.
"Those who think Hollywood's current predatory political scene and
celebrity partner-swapping activities are new phenomena would be
wise to dive into this tell-all tale of Henry Willson, an agent who
became a major star maker to actors like Rock Hudson, Tab Hunter,
and Troy Donahue in the 1950s."
-Publishers Weekly
"A trove of enticing gossip and little-known facts . . . Hofler
chronicles Willson's life of privilege. He roams through the
origins of his paradoxical right-wing attitudes, early intrigues to
obtain sexual power, conspiracies hatched in glamorous fabled
nightclubs, the Trocadero, the Macombo. He describes nasty sexual
antics among powerful studio heads."
-Los Angeles Times
"The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson is a gritty, often coarse
but well-researched biography of a tough Hollywood power broker
famous for his 'Adonis factory.'"
-Salon.com
"Hofler, a Variety editor and reporter, is well matched to
this shark-tank of a life." -Washington Post
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