Andrew Morton (writer)

Andrew David Morton (born 1953, Dewsbury) is an English journalist and writer who has published biographies of royal figures such as Diana, Princess of Wales, and celebrity subjects including Tom Cruise, Madonna, Angelina Jolie and Monica Lewinsky; several of his books have been unauthorised and contain contested assertions.

Born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire in 1953, Morton attended grammar school, then studied history at the University of Sussex. He was a tabloid journalist and worked for three London tabloids, the Daily Star, News of the World, and Daily Mail, until 1987.

Andrew Morton wrote a biography of Diana, Princess of Wales called Diana: Her True Story. Following Diana's death in August 1997, Morton issued an edition entitled Diana: Her True Story, Commemorative Edition in October.

Morton received public attention after Diana's death, when he revealed the extent of her collaborations with him. He achieved greater prominence in the United States after the publication of Monica's Story.

Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography was published in January 2008, and reprinted with an update in February 2009. In a review in The New York Times, Janet Maslin writes "Mr. Morton has found a number of former Scientologists who are willing to speak freely, and in some cases vengefully, about the group's purported inner workings. Mr. Morton's eagerness to include their voices leads him to push the limits of responsible reporting." Maslin adds that Morton "provides a credible portrait extrapolated from the actor's on-the-record remarks and highly visible public behavior."

Writing in Entertainment Weekly, Mark Harris gives the book a grade of "C-", and says "Cruise emerges from Morton's takedown moderately scratched but as uncracked as ever." Another review in The New York Times by Ada Calhooun stated:

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