MARIA CIACCIA

Books:                           Bloomin’ (a novel), Dreamboats: Hollywood Hunks of the ‘50s, Complete Preparation: A Guide to Auditioning to Opera (cowritten with Joan Dornemann, Metropolitan Opera). 

Researcher/Interviewer: Biographies: Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, Harlow, Clara Bow, Barbara Stanwyck, Song of Haiti.  Autobiography: Tony Curtis.  Other:  Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov

Newspapers/Mags:           World Times (head writer), Manhattan Plaza News (contributing editor), Hollywood Studio Magazine (contributing editor), Soaps in Depth (contributing editor), Washington Times

Online:                                Columnist: "Where Are They Now?" column, People Magazine Online; generalhospital.about.com (owned by the New York Times) "General Hospital" recaps, columns, spoilers and interviews; soap opera columnist for the now-defunct thatglow.com

Screenplay:                         Staged Mother (cowritten with Barnet Shindlman and Michele Farinet); Billy Made Bail; screen-doctoring work for hire, many projects

Interviews:                         Rod Steiger, James Earl Jones, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Olympia Dukakis, Paul Anka, Henry Winkler, Peter Falk, Steve Allen, Buddy Ebsen, Eddie Albert, Tony Randall, Marnie Nixon, Farley Granger, Roddy McDowell, Tony Curtis, Robert Wagner, Jack Larson, Rita Gam, Linda Lavin, Marla Gibbs, Bevery Garland, Stanley Livingston, Morgan Brittany, Rex Smith, Stiller & Meara, Olympia Dukakis, Carol Lynley, Charlene Tilton, Alan Young, Gene Barry, Marion Ross, Doris Roberts, Constance Towers, John Phillip Law, Michael Badalucco, hundreds of others

Background:                        Former opera singer, musical comedy and cabaret performer; also producer of shows: “Buried Treasure,” “Hollywood High Notes,” “Whimsical World of Opera”

Reviews:                              Bloomin:  (Publisher’s Weekly) "warm and witty…Ciaccia is privy to the realities of show business and the insecurities of superstars."

Complete Preparation: A Guide to Auditioning for Opera, (New York Opera Newsletter) "Maria Ciaccia has done an excellent job of capturing the gift Ms. Dornemann gives to singers."