While many applauded Oprah for opening her heart to young girls in South Africa, some criticized her for not investing in the youth of America.

My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as 'an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness.

Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to ensure fair pay for women in the workplace. In addition, he succeeded in getting a measure passed to end discrimination against gays in the military.

I have believed in the biographies I have written. I truly can tell you that they have influenced our society politically, culturally, socially.

Presidents often disappoint, but first ladies rarely do.

Most historians agree that Abraham Lincoln was the most important man to ever occupy the White House because he abolished slavery and kept the states united through a bloody civil war.

People forget that unauthorized does not mean untrue and authorized does not mean authentic.