Anita Loos

Born in California, Anita Loos (1893–1981) was herself a celebrity of the Jazz Age that produced Lorelei Lee. She began writing movie scripts by the time she was twelve, and before her death in 1981 she had written an enormous number of stories, screenplays, and more. She was also the author of an autobiography, A Girl Like I.

Anita Loos

Born in California, Anita Loos (1893–1981) was herself a celebrity of the Jazz Age that produced Lorelei Lee. She began writing movie scripts by the time she was twelve, and before her death in 1981 she had written an enormous number of stories, screenplays, and more. She was also the author of an autobiography, A Girl Like I.

Books by Anita Loos

  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    Anita Loos

    Paperback, 1998

    The delirious 1925 Jazz-Age classic that no less an authority than Edith Wharton called "the great American novel."
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    Anita Loos, Jenny McPhee

    Paperback, 2014

    Named one of the 100 Best Novels Ever Written in English (The Guardian)

    Loos’s classic tale shows that questions of women and power—more relevant today than ever—can come in the most alluring of...

  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    Anita Loos, Jenny McPhee

    E Book, 2016

    Named one of the 100 Best Novels Ever Written in English (The Guardian)

    Loos’s classic tale shows that questions of women and power—more relevant today than ever—can come in the most alluring of...