Truman Capote’s death in 1984 didn’t come as a shock, even at the age of 59. The acclaimed author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood spent the decade preceding his demise publicly sliding ...

While he struggles to complete the project, some of the chapters in the openly gay novelist’s unfinished book, An­swered Prayers, are published in Esquire as short stories. The second one, “La Côte ...

In the controversial true crime book Fatal Vision, author Joe McGinniss writes of his anguish over realizing his subject, Jeffrey MacDonald, was guilty, and whether he could continue with the project.

On November 28, 1966 American novelist Truman Capote threw a party for Pulitzer Prize winner and President of the Washington Post and Newsweek, Katharine Graham. At the time, Graham was considered one ...

Truman Capote died on Aug. 25, 1984, which is portrayed on FX's 'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans' Kelsie Gibson is the Senior News Editor of Society and Culture at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

Truman Capote stands in the middle of his motel room, watching the TV. The motel is in the middle of the country—Kansas. It’s 1963. The crummy carpet beneath his feet is stiff, but it’s the stiffness ...

In November 1966, Truman Capote held a masquerade ball at New York's Plaza Hotel. It was attended by over 500 guests, including Frank Sinatra, Andy Warhol, and Edward VIII. The legendary soirée is the ...

The 1975 social scene of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans reminds viewers that 2024’s Real Housewives are amateurs at shade, gossip, and holding a grudge. The first two episodes, now streaming on FX and ...

The fate of the writer's remains is its own story of love, loss, deceit — and the sometimes fleeting benefits of fame Liz McNeil is an Editor at Large at PEOPLE, where she's worked for over 30 years.

While seated in a London theater recently to watch a performance of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” I was reminded of the close relationship between the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee and the ...