If you aren’t aware of the Kardashian family ( Kim, Khloé, Kourtney, Rob, Kendall, Kylie, Caitlyn*, and Kris), you must have missed the “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” TV show. It’s a reality series about the Kardashian Klan and that presents a double whammy of content: how a mom monetized her kids, their lifestyle as a weekly television show that also gave tabloid magazines a chunk of regular content based on this family that milked everything about their no longer personal lives for the sake of the making money.
DIRTY SEXY MONEY: KRIS JENNER’s Unauthorized Biography-
By #1 Bestselling investigative journalist DYLAN HOWARD & veteran entertainment correspondent, CATHY GRIFFIN
Published by SKYHORSE ON JANUARY 5, 2021
A True Story of Ambition, Wealth, Betrayal and how a Ruthless Beverly Hills Socialite
Became the Ultimate Momager and Raked In Billions
The highly anticipated unauthorized biography of Kris Jenner was published on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, by Skyhorse Publishing. Titled Dirty Sexy Money, the book pairs award-winning investigative journalists Cathy Griffin and Dylan Howard to provide the most thorough account of how Kris, a Beverly Hills socialite with no formal education, built herself a global empire and became one of Hollywood’s most powerful women. Dirty Sexy Money: The Unauthorized Biography of Kris Jenner was released in the U.S. and Canada simultaneously in hardcover, audio, and electronic formats.
Ms. Griffin and Mr. Howard began working on the book years before the Kardashians ended their tenure with 20-season run with E! and inked a new mega-multi-million-dollar deal with the streaming network, Hulu. The reporters investigated everything from Kris’ childhood in California to her time as a close confidante to O.J. Simpson and his murdered wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. They also uncovered revelations about Kris’ extra-marital affair, her strained marriage to ex-husband, Robert, and her reaction to the surprising transition of husband Bruce to Caitlyn.
The pair completed their 312-page book earlier this year. During their years of meticulous research and reporting, they conducted scores of interviews with sources, many of whom have never before spoken for publication about Ms. Jenner.
“The picture painted is one of a woman who was savvy, steely, ambitious, deliberate who has played the long game in a town where fifteen minutes of fame is all too fleeting,” said Griffin, whose Dirty Sexy Money: The Unauthorized Biography of Kris Jenner is her second book.
Her first book was the 1996 publication of Crowning Glory: Reflections Of Hollywood’s Favorite Confidant (General Publishing Group, July 1, 1996), the memoir of the legendary hairdresser to the stars, Sydney Guilaroff, the head hairdresser at MGM studios during Hollywood’s Golden Era.
For over three decades, expert New York Times bestselling biographers of literary narrative nonfiction have relied on Ms. Griffin’s unique background as a journalist and licensed private detective. She has contributed research, interviews, and storytelling strategies for 24 book titles, 17 of which are national bestsellers, written by internationally acclaimed biographers. They include J. Randy Taraborrelli, whose Jackie, Janet and Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss & Her Daughters Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis & Lee Radziwill (St. Martin’s Press, January 2018) was an instant New York Times bestseller.
According to Ms. Griffin:
“With the help of key people who spoke publicly for the first time and never before told stories, Dirty Sexy Money: The Unauthorized Biography of Kris Jenner provides an unflinching look at Kris’s triumphs and losses, her crises and celebrations, her famous friendships and family conflicts.”
This in-depth biography unravels the family’s meteoric rise to fame. Together, Ms. Griffin and Mr. Howard delve behind the headlines and social media hype to tell the true story of Kris’s life — — rather than the rosy picture of overnight success she likes to paint.
“You may love her, you may hate her, but you can’t ignore this media star and businesswoman,” added Ms. Griffin. “Readers will come away with a greater appreciation of who Kris really is beyond her television persona and a fuller understanding of her important place in reality television and Hollywood cultural history as a pioneer.”
“The result is a dramatic narrative account of Kris’s real story as you’ve never heard it before . . . in all its dirty, sexy glory,” said Mr. Howard.
About the Authors:
Dylan Howard- Author of Dirty Sexy Money: The Unauthorized Biography of Kris Jenner
Mr. Howard’s seven previous books have chronicled major pop-culture sensations and scandals of recent years, including:
–“Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales” (December 3, 2019);
–“Aaron Hernandez’s Killing Fields” (November 5, 2019);
– “Diana: Case Solved” (September 17, 2019);
–“The Last Charles Manson Tapes: Evil Lives Beyond the Grave” (November 26, 2019);
— Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist (March 24, 2020);
—Royals at War (June 30, 2020);
—BAD: An Unprecedented Investigation into the Michael Jackson Cover-Up (July 7, 2020);
—COVID-19: The Greatest Cover-Up in History—From Wuhan to the White House (October 5, 202
Mr. Howard is one of America’s best storytellers. Author, filmmaker, podcast creator, television executive producer, he is an investigator with an unprecedented ability to uncover the facts, no matter what the scandalous scenario. Of Howard, The Los Angeles Times said he has “spearheaded some of the most explosive celebrity exposés of recent vintage” and “transformed America’s tabloid culture.” Howard’s sense for news saw him rise to become the undisputed most powerful entertainment editor in the world: as Chief Content Officer of the publisher that owns Us Weekly, In Touch, OK!, Life & Style, Closer, Star, The National Enquirer, RadarOnline.com and dozens of other digital and print brands. He currently lives in New York City.
Cathy Griffin – Author of Dirty Sexy Money: The Unauthorized Biography of Kris Jenner
For over three decades expert biographers of literary narrative nonfiction have relied on Cathy’s unique background as a journalist and licensed private detective. She has contributed research, interviews, and storytelling strategies for 24 book titles; 17 of which are national bestsellers, written by internationally acclaimed biographers. They include J. Randy Taraborrelli, whose Jackie, Janet and Lee: The Secret Lives of Janet Auchincloss & Her Daughters Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis & Lee Radziwill (St. Martin’s Press, January 2018) was an instant New York Times bestseller.
Her book, Crowning Glory, Reflections of Hollywood’s Favorite Confidant -the memoir of the head hairstylist at MGM during the Golden Age of Hollywood, Sydney Guilaroff- led Liz Smith to write in the NY Post and Newsday: “…an elegantly entertaining tome.”
— In 1993, Cathy persuaded movie star Elizabeth Taylor to grant unprecedented access to her famous friends for a one-hour documentary for the Arts and Entertainment’s “Biography” series. The documentary depicting the life of the legendary actress, which Cathy wrote and produced, earned the cable network its largest ratings at the time.
–In 1997, Cathy was hired by Tall Pony Productions as a consultant for the production of Ms.Taylor’s 65th birthday party which aired on the ABC Network.
Her producing credits include segments for:
–Extra,
–Hard Copy,
–A Current Affair,
–Geraldo Rivera’s Now It Can Be Told,
–ABC’s Prime Time Live,
–The Montel Williams Show.
Griffin has appeared as a celebrity correspondent on
–Entertainment Tonight,
–CNN,
–MSNBC,
–CBS,
–FOX,
–E! Entertainment.
For fifteen years Cathy was legendary syndicated columnist Liz Smith’s west coast editor, as Liz was fond of referring to her as,
“Cathy Griffin, my Los Angeles leg woman.”
–Cathy was the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for the Australian publication New Idea from 1999-2006.
–During 2004-2006, she was Editor-at-Large of Bauer Publication’s Life and Style magazine.
–She is the author along with Dylan Howard of “Dirty Sexy Money: The Unauthorized Biography of Kris Jenner,” published in January 2021.
Stevie Wilson
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