Tucson Festival of Books

Vanda Krefft



Mikel Healey

Vanda Krefft has written about women’s issues and popular culture for leading national magazines, including Elle, Redbook, Woman’s Day and Woman’s World, as well as newspapers worldwide through syndication. "Expect Great Things!" tells the story of the once-great, then-forgotten Katharine Gibbs School for women. Kreft's previous book is "The Man Who Made the Movies," the first in-depth biography of Twentieth Century Fox founder William Fox.

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Awards: Dedalus Foundation Senior Fellowship; Leon Levy Center for Biography Fellowship; Helm Fellowship (Lilly Library, Indiana University)


Books:
Expect Great Things!
How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Algonquin Books
March 2025
ISBN 9781643753171
240 pages

The Man Who Made the Movies
The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox
History / Biography
HarperCollins
November 2017
ISBN 9780061136061
944 pages