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Darwin Porter (born 1937) is known as one of the writers of the Frommer's travel guides and a sensationalist Hollywood biographer known for books whose source material derives from transcription of oral dialogues from living witnesses of not-widely-publicized events and relationships in the entertainment industry, or of conversations and events created from whole cloth.

Porter was born in western North Carolina and grew up in Miami Beach, Florida. He attended the University of Miami and graduated in 1959. At the age of 20, he became an entertainment columnist for The Miami Herald, later being made bureau chief in Key West.

He has written biographies of Merv Griffin, Michael Jackson, Steve McQueen, Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Howard Hughes, Katharine Hepburn, and Paul Newman, in many cases after their deaths. Some of his works have been serialized by major broadsheet newspapers in the UK, including The Sunday Times.

Many of his biographies were published by Blood Moon Productions (www.BloodMoonProductions.com), a New York City-based press directed by Danforth Prince. Blood Moon originated as the Georgia Literary Association in 1997.

Porter also recently contributed commentary tracks to numerous DVD releases of classic films.
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Total Books: 534
Burt Reynolds Put the Pedal to the Metal How a Nude Centerfold Sex Symbol Seduced Hollywood
Rock Hudson Erotic Fire
2017 - Rock Hudson Erotic Fire [Blood Moon's Babylon Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781936003556
ISBN-10: 1936003554
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
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Lana Turner Hearts and Diamonds Take All
2017 - Lana Turner Hearts and Diamonds Take All [Blood Moon's Babylon Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781936003532
ISBN-10: 1936003538
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
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James Dean Tomorrow Never Comes
2016 - James Dean Tomorrow Never Comes [Blood Moon's Babylon Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781936003495
ISBN-10: 193600349X
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
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Bill  Hillary So This Is That Thing Called Love
2015 - Bill Hillary So This Is That Thing Called Love [Blood Moon's Babylon Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781936003471
ISBN-10: 1936003473
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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Peter O'Toole Hellraiser Sexual Outlaw Irish Rebel
2015 - Peter O'toole Hellraiser Sexual Outlaw Irish Rebel [Blood Moon's Babylon Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781936003457
ISBN-10: 1936003457
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
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Love Triangle Ronald Reagan Jane Wyman and Nancy Davis  All the Gossip Unfit to Print
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis A Life Beyond Her Wildest Dreams
Pink Triangle The Feuds and Private Lives of Tennessee Williams Gore Vidal Truman Capote and Famous Members of Their Entourages
Those Glamorous Gabors Bombshells from Budapest
2013 - Those Glamorous Gabors Bombshells From Budapest (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781936003358
ISBN-10: 193600335X
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
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Inside Linda Lovelace's Deep Throat Degradation Porno Chic and the Rise of Feminism
Elizabeth Taylor There is Nothing Like a Dame
2012 - Elizabeth Taylor There Is Nothing Like a Dame (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781936003310
ISBN-10: 1936003317
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
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Frommer's Bermuda
2012 - Frommer's Bermuda [Frommer's Complete Guides] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781118287521
ISBN-10: 1118287525
Genre: Travel
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Frommer's Bahamas 2013
2012 - Frommer's Bahamas 2013 [Frommer's Complete Guides] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781118287514
ISBN-10: 1118287517
Genre: Travel
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Marilyn At Rainbow's End Sex Lies Murder and the Great Coverup
2012 - Marilyn at Rainbow's End Sex Lies Murder and the Great Coverup (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781936003297
ISBN-10: 1936003295
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine Twisted Sisters To Each Her Own
2012 - Olivia De Havilland and Joan Fontaine Twisted Sisters to Each Her Own (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781936003273
ISBN-10: 1936003279
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Humor & Entertainment
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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J Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson Investigating the Sexual Secrets of America's Most Famous Men and Women
Frommer's Portable Dominican Republic
2011 - Frommer's Portable Dominican Republic (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781118004241
ISBN-10: 1118004248
Genre: Travel
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Frommer's Spain 2012
2011 - Frommer's Spain 2012 [Frommer's Color Complete] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781118017296
ISBN-10: 1118017293
Genre: Travel
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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Frommer's Portable Cayman Islands
2011 - Frommer's Portable Cayman Islands (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781118004296
ISBN-10: 1118004299
Genre: Travel
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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Frommer's Italy 2012
2011 - Frommer's Italy 2012 [Frommer's Color Complete] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781118017289
ISBN-10: 1118017285
Genre: Travel
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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2011 - Frommer's Bahamas 2012 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2011 - Frommer's VIrgin Islands [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2011 - Frommer's Caribbean [Frommer's Complete Guides] (Paperback)
2011 - Frommer's Bermuda 2012 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2011 - Frommer's Paris 2012 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2011 - Frommer's Scandinavia [Frommer's Complete Guides] (Paperback)
2011 - Frommer's Europe By Rail [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2011 - Frommer's Munich the Bavarian Alps [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2011 - Europe for Dummies [Dummies Travel] (Paperback)Paperback
2010 - Frommer's Rome [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2010 - Frommer's Germany 2011 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2010 - Frommer's Spain 2011 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2010 - Frommer's Italy 2011 [Frommer's Color Complete Guides] (Paperback)
2010 - Frommer's Europe [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2010 - Frommer's France 2011 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2010 - Frommer's England 2011 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2010 - Frommer's Jamaica [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2010 - Frommer's London 2011 [Frommer's Color Complete Guides] (Paperback)
2010 - Frommer's Paris 2011 [Frommer's Color Complete Guides] (Paperback)
2010 - Frommer's Bermuda 2011 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2010 - Frommer's Bahamas 2011 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2010 - Frommer's Caribbean 2011 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2010 - Frommer's Portugal [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2009 - Frommer's Germany 2010 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2009 - Frommer's Provence the Riviera [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2009 - Frommer's Italy 2010 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2009 - Frommer's Spain 2010 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2009 - Frommer's London 2010 [Frommer's Color Complete Guides] (Paperback)
2009 - Frommer's Paris 2010 [Frommer's Color Complete Guides] (Paperback)
2009 - Frommer's England 2010 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2009 - Frommer's France 2010 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2009 - Frommer's Bahamas 2010 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2009 - Frommer's Bermuda 2010 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2009 - Frommer's Caribbean 2010 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2009 - Frommer's Denmark [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2009 - Frommer's Norway [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2009 - Frommer's Sicily [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2009 - Frommer's VIenna the Danube Valley [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2009 - Frommer's Austria [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2009 - Frommer's Usa [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2008 - Frommer's Rome [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2008 - Frommer's Germany 2009 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2008 - Frommer's France 2009 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2008 - Frommer's England 2009 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2008 - Frommer's Bahamas 2009 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2008 - Frommer's Paris 2009 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2008 - Frommer's Caribbean 2009 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2008 - Frommer's London 2009 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2008 - Frommer's Europe By Rail [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2008 - Frommer's 2008 Germany [Frommer's Complete] (Other)
2008 - Frommer's Switzerland [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2007 - Frommer's Germany 2008 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2007 - Frommer's Scotland [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2007 - Frommer's Portable Paris 2008 [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)
2007 - Frommer's 2008 Italy [Frommer's Complete] (Other)
2007 - Frommer's England 2008 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2007 - Frommer's France 2008 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2007 - Frommer's Spain 2008 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2007 - Frommer's Portable Bahamas [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)Paperback
2007 - Frommer's Italy 2008 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2007 - Frommer's London 2008 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2007 - Frommer's Bermuda 2008 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2007 - Frommer's Bahamas 2008 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2007 - Frommer's Paris 2008 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2007 - Frommer's Caribbean 2008 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2007 - France for Dummies [Dummies Travel] (Paperback)
2007 - Frommer's Portable Savannah [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)Paperback
2007 - Frommer's the Carolinas Georgia [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2007 - Frommer's Sweden [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2007 - Italy Aaa Edition [Frommer's S.] (Paperback)
2007 - Caribbean for Dummies [Dummies Travel] (Other)Paperback
2006 - Frommer's Germany 2007 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's Portable Paris 2007 [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)
2006 - Bahamas for Dummies [Dummies Travel] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's Portable London 2007 [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's France 2007 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's Spain 2007 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's England 2007 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's Bermuda 2007 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's Paris 2007 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's Bahamas 2007 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's London 2007 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's Italy 2007 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's Caribbean 2007 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's Puerto Rico [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's Florence Tuscany Day By Day [Frommer's Day by Day] (Paperback)
2006 - Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Paris [Irreverent Guides] (Other)Paperback
2005 - Frommer's Germany 2006 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer'sreg Provence the Riviera [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2005 - Frommer's Portable Paris 2006 [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer's Portable London 2006 [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer's England 2006 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer's France 2006 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer's Spain 2006 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer's London 2006 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer's Portable Cayman Islands [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)Paperback
2005 - Frommer's Portable Bahamas [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)Paperback
2005 - Frommer's Bermuda 2006 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer's Paris 2006 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer's Bahamas 2006 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer's Italy 2006 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer's Portable Puerto Rico [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)Paperback
2005 - Frommer's Austria [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2005 - Frommer's VIenna the Danube Valley [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2005 - Frommer's Portable Charleston [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)Paperback
2005 - Frommer's Sicily [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2005 - Frommer's the Carolinas Georgia [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2004 - Frommer's Rome [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2004 - Frommer's Germany 2005 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2004 - Frommer's Bermuda 2005 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)Paperback
2004 - Frommer's Bahamas 2005 [Frommer's Complete] (Paperback)
2003 - Frommer's Portable Venice [Frommer's Portable] (Paperback)Paperback
2001 - Frommer's 2002 Rome [Frommer's Rome, 15th ed] (Paperback)
2001 - Frommer's 2002 Caribbean [Frommer's Caribbean, 2002] (Paperback)
2001 - Frommer's 2002 Europe [Frommer's Europe, 2002] (Paperback)Paperback
2001 - Frommer's Bermuda 2002 [Frommer's Bermuda, 2002] (Paperback)Paperback
2001 - Frommer's Barcelona Madrid Seville [Frommer's Barcelona, Madrid and Seville, 3rd ed] (Paperback)
2001 - Frommer's France 2001 [Frommer's Complete Guides] (Paperback)
2000 - Frommer's Italy 2001 [Frommer's Italy, 2001] (Paperback)
2000 - Frommer's 2001 England [Frommer's England, 2001] (Paperback)
2000 - Frommer's Switzerland [Frommer's Switzerland, 9th ed] (Paperback)
2000 - Frommer's Scotland 2000 [Frommer Other] (Paperback)
2000 - Frommer's 2000 Rome [Frommer's Rome, 2000] (Paperback)
2000 - Frommer's Bahamas 2001 [Frommer's Complete Guides] (Paperback)
1999 - Frommer's Spain 2000 [Country Annual] (Paperback)
1999 - Frommer's 2000 Portable London [Frommer's Portable London] (Paperback)
1999 - Frommer's Germany 2000 [Country Annual] (Paperback)Paperback
1999 - Frommer's 2000 Europe [Frommers Europe, 2000] (Paperback)
1999 - Frommer's 2000 Portable Paris [Frommer's Portable Paris] (Paperback)
1999 - Frommer's Postcards From France [Frommer's France] (Paperback)
1999 - Frommer's 2000 England [Frommer's England, 2000] (Paperback)
1999 - Frommer's VIrgin Islands [Frommer's Virgin Islands] (Paperback)
1999 - Frommer's 2000 Bahamas [Frommer's Bahamas, 2000] (Paperback)
1999 - Frommers Denmark [Macmillan Travel Series] (Paperback)
1999 - Frommer's VIenna and the Danube Valley [Frommer's Vienna the Danube Valley] (Paperback)
1999 - Frommers Scandinavia [Frommer's Scandinavia, 18th ed] (Paperback)
1998 - Frommer's 99 Portable Paris [Frommer's Portable Paris] (Paperback)
1998 - England [Frommer's 99] (Paperback)
1998 - Frommer's Caribbean Ports of Call [Frommer's Caribbean Ports of Call] (Paperback)
1996 - Frommer's 97 Italy [Frommer's Italy] (Paperback)
1996 - Frommer's 97 France [Frommer's France] (Paperback)
1996 - Frommer's 97 Germany [Frommer's Germany] (Paperback)
1996 - Frommer's 97 London [Frommer's Complete City Guides] (Paperback)
1996 - Frommer's 97 Caribbean Cruises and Ports of Call [Frommer's Complete Guides] (Paperback)
1996 - Frommer's 97 Bahamas [Frommer's Bahamas] (Paperback)
1995 - Frommer's 96 Italy [Serial] (Paperback)
1995 - Frommer's 96 France [Serial] (Paperback)
1995 - Frommer's 96 San Francisco [Frommers Complete City Guide] (Paperback)
1994 - Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guide England '95 [Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guides] (Paperback)
1994 - Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guide Puerto Rico '95'96 [Frommer's Comprehensive Guides] (Paperback)
1994 - Portugal 94 [Frommer's Comprehensive Guides] (Paperback)
1992 - Italy 1992 [Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guides] (Paperback)
1991 - England on 50 Dollars a Day [Frommer's Budget Travel Guide] (Paperback)
1989 - Frommer's Germany 1990 [Frommer's Germany] (Paperback)
1989 - Frommer's Scandinavia on 60 a Day 198990 [Frommer's Scandanavia from $ a Day] (Paperback)
1987 - Spain and Morocco on 40 Dollars a Day [Frommer's Budget Travel Guide] (Paperback)
1979 - Rome [Pocket Guides] (Paperback)
Frommer's Comprehensive Travel Guide Spain [Frommer's Complete Travel Guides] (Paperback)
Frommer's '96 England [Comprehensive Travel Guide] (Paperback)
Frommer's 97 Bermuda [Frommer's Complete Guides] (Paperback)
Frommer's 97 England [Frommer's England] (Paperback)
Frommer's 97 Paris [Frommer's Complete City Guides] (Paperback)
Frommer's 2001 Portable Paris [Frommer's Portable Paris] (Paperback)
Frommer's 2002 Portable Paris [Frommer's Portable Paris] (Paperback)
Frommer's France 2007 with Foldout Map [2007 Edition, Book + Folded Map] (Paperback)
Londres [Les Guides M.A. villes] (Paperback)