This biography of Michael Jackson reveals the truth about his problematic childhood, his early days with the Jackson Five and Motown, his break away from his family and into the "superstar" bracket with his bestselling albums "Thriller" and "Bad". The author also examines the stranger aspects of Michael Jackson's life: his obesessive perfectionism, his plastic surgery, his anorexia and his apparent desire not to grow up.
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Todd Gold was born in Indianapolis and raised mostly Los Angeles, where he graduated from Occidental College. He has collaborated on several dozen books, including numerous bestsellers starting with 1989's "Little Girl Lost" with Drew Barrymore. His books with Sharon Rocha, "For Laci," and Valerie Bertinelli, "Losing It," were both #1 on the NY Times bestseller list for nonfiction. He has also written NY Times bestsellers with Dick Van Dyke, Belinda Carlisle, Maureen McCormick, Melissa Gilbert, Ann-Margaret, Sonny Bono, and Louie Anderson. He recently worked with Denise Richards and Anthony Zuiker. In addition to collaborating on books, he spent more than 20 years writing about pop culture and profiling celebrities for People and Us magazines, as well as other magazines. His interviews include cover stories with Angelina Jolie, Britney Spears, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Drew Barrymore, Madonna, Michael J. Fox, Bruce Willis, and Michael Jackson. He has appeared as an expert on Today, Good Morning America, CBS Early Show, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, EXTRA, E!'s True Hollywood Stories and A&E's Biography. He is currently Executive Editor of XFINITY TV, which includes xfinityTV.com, one of the largest entertainment destinations on the Internet.