Tom Lisanti is an award-winning author/film historian specializing in1960s/1970s film and television. He began writing professionally in 1998. His newest books are Dueling Harlows: The Race to Bring the Actress's Life to the Silver Screen from McFarland & Company and Ryan's Hope: An Oral History of Daytime's Groundbreaking Soap from Citadel Press/Kensington Books. Look for his next book, An Oral History of the Daytime Soap, Texas, Starring Beverlee McKinsey in 2025.In 2010, Tom co-wrote with former actress Gail Gerber her memoir Trippin' with Terry Southern: What I Think I Remember, which won the Independent Publisher Book Award Silver Medal for Best Memoir of 2010. He recently appeared on The Playboy Murders, co-hosted with Ben Mankiewicz a week of 1960s beach movies on TCM, and is featured in the documentary The Green Girl. He has been interviewed on a number of YouTube Programs (The Locher Room, The Jim Masters Show, The Michael Fairman Channel, Soaps dot com); radio shows (TV Confidential, WNYC's SoundCheck; BBC); and podcasts (Forgotten Hollywood, The San Francisco Experience, Forgotten Films; Junot Files; NitrateVille; Ticklish Films) talking about his books.Tom also has written for such magazines as Cinema Retro, Cinema of the '70s, Films of the Golden Age; and Scary Monsters.Follow Tom on Facebook, Twitter (X), Instagram, and Threads. He resides in New York.Read more about this authorRead less about this author