SPECIAL EDITION COVER. What if Marilyn Monroe left a diary? In this NEW EXPANDED EDITION of THE MARILYN DIARIES, imagine the secret, lost diary of Marilyn Monroe is being published for the first time. Fantasize that you are reading her enigmatic life story as if told in her own words. This is a fascinating tale of triumph and pain, beauty and tragedy. In these pages the eternal blonde goddess comes across as a living, breathing human being who will stun you with her humanity rather than the cardboard caricature based on the sexy, dumb blonde image that she created for the public. Without turning her into a series of labels, Charles Casillo recreates Marilyn Monroe as a brilliant and bewitching human being, while never looking away from her self-destructive darkside. He dramatizes Marilyn's relationships with some of the most well-know and powerful men of her era, her struggles with her work, her fear of aging, and her constant battle with personal demons. The Marilyn Diaries is a serious exploration of a complex woman overcome with complicated, unresolved contrasts-a doomed siren that, even beyond the grave, never lost her power to seduce. ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR AND MANY NEW AND EXTENDED DIARY ENTRIES Special Fantasy Photomontage Cover. In 1999 Charles Casillo published the best-selling novel The Marilyn Diaries, with a fresh and dramatic concept of fictionalizing the life of Marilyn Monroe-in the diary format-fantasized by the author. The book became a groundbreaking addition to Marilyn Monroe literature. In this stunning new edition the author includes numerous new passages and expanded entries that further explore the mind of one of the most infamous and exciting women of all time. Charles Casillo is the author of the "The Fame Game," "Boys, Lost & Found," and "Outlaw: The Lives and Careers of John Rechy." His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, The Los Angeles Review of Books," and many others.