Critical Praise for Roger Corman: An Unauthorized Biography of the Godfather of Indie Filmmaking:

"Speaking as one who has both worked with Roger Corman and observed Beverly Gray in action during her years at Roger's right hand, I was particularly pleased and impressed by this thorough, independent-minded biography. Gray's sensitive combination of scholarly detachment and firsthand observation have made Roger come alive in all his wily brilliance. She never flatters -- an amazing feat, given the pressures in Hollywood -- and for that reason, her portrait of this great mover and shaker is all the more truthful, and valuable. Roger's supreme talent is, as was Walt Disney's, a rare ability to liberate talent in others. He has certainly liberated an excellent film historian in Gray."

-- F.X. Feeney, Film Critic, L.A. Weekly

"Beverly Gray's terrific bio of Corman explains his colorful career both as an amazing business tale and a strange, even mournful, personal journey. A development exec for Corman for many years, Gray knows both the business side of the low-budget mogul and something of Corman's almost-forgotten high-minded soul."

--Steven Gaydos, Executive Editor, Weekly Variety, May 8-14, 2000

Check out David Templeton's "Talking Pictures" interview with Beverly

Also see Donrad's freewheeling interview with Beverly, which appears in the Spring 2001 issue of Kaos2000 web magazine

Critical Praise for Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon . . . and Beyond:

"According to an old saying, 'Nice guys finish last.' How, then, are we to account for Ron Howard? Howard's life appears to be an unbroken series of successes, yet by all accounts, he's one of the nicest guys in the world. Biographer Beverly Gray looks for answers in her new book Ron Howard: From Mayberry to the Moon ... and Beyond. Despite the cumbersome title, she has produced a breezy and informative examination of Howard's professional and personal lives, and the sometimes-hazy line that separates them . . . . More than anything else, Gray helps the reader understand how this particular nice guy manages to finish first."

-- L.D. Meagher, Book Reviewer, CNN.com, June 17, 2003

Insiders' Praise for Roger Corman: Blood-Sucking Vampires, Flesh-Eating Cockroaches, and Driller Killers:

"Beverly Gray nails both sides of the complex Corman, the tame and the wild, the cheap and the generous, the artist and the chiseler. She describes the trophies and the wreckage that litter both sides of Roger's long road. She has found what there is of him to find."

-- Charles B. Griffith,
author of such Corman classics as
Bucket of Blood (1959) and Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

"To capture a complicated man like Roger Corman is no easy task. Beverly Gray has done her homework well and we are able to see the very charming Mr. Corman and his palette of different colors. I would say a must read for young producers."

-- Beverly Garland
star of Corman's It Conquered the World (1956)and
Not of This Earth (1957)

"Beverly Gray's scholarly book on Roger Corman is not only a complete look at the phenomenon of this extraordinary independent film maker, it is an absorbing peek into a unique era in motion picture history. This book is a must for anyone who loves movies."

-- Mel Welles,
who created the character of Gravis Mushnik
in the original Little Shop of Horrors (1960)

Visit Richard Horgan's FilmStew.com interview with Beverly

And check out Beverly’s comparison of Roger Corman and sexploitation king Russ Meyer on Beatrice.com.