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Maryanne Vollers

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Maryanne Vollers is an American author, journalist, and ghostwriter. Her first book, Ghosts of Mississippi, was a finalist in non-fiction for the 1995 National Book Award. Her second book, Lone Wolf: Eric Rudolph – Murder, Myth, and the Pursuit of an American Outlaw, an account of domestic terrorism, was published in 2006.
As a ghostwriter she has collaborated on many memoirs, including those of Hillary Clinton, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, Sissy Spacek, and Ashley Judd. Her more recent collaborations include In Order to Live, written with Yeonmi Park, and All In, the autobiography of Billie Jean King. A former editor at Rolling Stone, she has also written articles for publications such as Esquire, GQ, Sports Illustrated, Time, and The New York Times Magazine.
On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed 2 of Maryanne Vollers's books, including In Order to Live and All In.
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Cover of In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

4.8/5

reader rating · 30,957 ratings

In Order to Live is a memoir of extraordinary endurance — Yeonmi Park's first-person account of surviving North Korea's brutal deprivations, fleeing across the border, and reconstructing a self in freedom, written with co-author Maryanne Vollers and published in paperback by Penguin Books in a 2016 reprint edition.

Reviewed Mar 25, 2026

Cover of All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King, Johnette Howard, and Maryanne Vollers
All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King, Johnette Howard, and Maryanne Vollers

4.6/5

reader rating · 1,482 ratings

All In: An Autobiography is Billie Jean King's account of her life — from working-class beginnings on Long Beach public courts to twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, the iconic "Battle of the Sexes" defeat of Bobby Riggs, and decades of activism for women's and LGBTQ+ rights. A New York Times bestseller, it earned praise from The Times as "lucid, accomplished, thorough, slightly earnest and deeply humane."

Reviewed Oct 26, 2026

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