Actress Lauren Bacall, who died recently at age 89, decided to tell her own story in not one but three memoirs: “By Myself” in 1978, “Now” in 1994, and “By Myself and Then Some” in 2005.When the first book was published, it swiftly became a bestseller. Bacall, who by then was living in New York, came back to Los Angeles for a book signing in early 1979. The line of fans waiting for her wrapped around the block at Pickwick Books — she had to go in a side door and climb over a fire escape.
via Lauren Bacall on writing: The most complete experience I’ve ever had – LA Times.