Non-Fiction
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Death of a Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs | 1979 | Buy |
| American Television: The Official Art of the Artificial | 1981 | Buy |
| Burt! The Unauthorized Biography | 1982 | Buy |
| Televisions, One Season in American Television | 1983 | Buy |
| Rockonomics: The Money Behind the Music | 1989 | Buy |
| Down Thunder Road: The Making of Bruce Springsteen | 1992 | Buy |
| Walt Disney: Hollywood’s Dark Prince | 1993 | Buy |
| My Life in Spite of Myself | 1994 | Buy |
| Vicki!: The True-Life Adventures of Miss Fireball | 1995 | Buy |
| Kato Kaelin: The Whole Truth | 1995 | Buy |
| To the Limit: The Untold Story of the Eagles | 1998 | Buy |
| Love Unlimited: Insights on Life and Love | 1999 | Buy |
| Down 42nd Street: Sex, Money, Culture & Politics at the Crossroads of the World | 2001 | Buy |
| Ordinary Girl: The Journey | 2003 | Buy |
| Cary Grant: A Biography | 2004 | Buy |
| I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul | 2005 | Buy |
| Jimmy Stewart | 2006 | Buy |
| Out of Sync: A Memoir | 2007 | Buy |
| Reagan: The Hollywood Years | 2008 | Buy |
| Song of Brooklyn: An Oral History of America’s Favorite Borough | 2008 | Buy |
| American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood | 2009 | Buy |
| Paul Simon: A Life | 2010 | Buy |
| Steve McQueen: A Biography | 2011 | Buy |
| Michael Douglas: A Biography | 2012 | Buy |
| Nicholson: A Biography | 2013 | Buy |
| American Titan: Searching for John Wayne | 2014 | Buy |
| Charlton Heston: Hollywood’s Last Icon | 2017 | Buy |
| The Hag: The Life, Times, and Music of Merle Haggard | 2022 | Buy |
Marc Eliot has been writing celebrity biographies since the late 1970s, starting with Death of a Rebel, his 1979 biography of folk singer Phil Ochs. Since then, he has produced nearly thirty non-fiction books, most of them focused on major figures from Hollywood and the music industry. His subjects have included some of the biggest names in American entertainment, from Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart to Clint Eastwood and Steve McQueen.
Eliot’s biographies tend toward the revealing and sometimes controversial. His Walt Disney: Hollywood’s Dark Prince (1993) presented a less flattering portrait of Disney than readers were used to, and several of his other books have been published as unauthorized biographies. He has also worked with his subjects directly, co-writing memoirs with figures like James Brown (I Feel Good) and Lance Bass (Out of Sync). His most recent biography, The Hag (2022), covers the life and music of country legend Merle Haggard.