Brando on Elvis

Before starting his career in writing and publishing books, Gary Lindberg was an award-winning filmmaker with over a hundred national and international awards. He produced and co-wrote the Paramount feature film That Was Then, This Is Now starring Emilio Estevez and Morgan Freeman. Since then, he has authored four #1 bestselling novels and several nonfiction titles. He lives in Minnesota where he has published books for over a hundred authors with his partner at Calumet Editions, Ian Graham Leask.

A major publishing event in 2018 introduced the world to letters written by Elvis Presley to his secret confidante and spiritual advisor, Carmen Montez. Letters from Elvis by Gary Lindberg presented an amazing story of personal pain and abuse suffered by one of the world's most famous entertainers. Additional letters from Harry Belafonte, Tom Jones and Marlon Brando added meaningful details, but the verbatim text of these letters could not be reproduced for legal reasons.Marlon On Elvis: In His Own Words, a sequel to Letters from Elvis, goes some way to solving those legal frustrations. Now, for the first time, the full text of Marlon Brando's authenticated letters to Carmen Montez about Elvis Presley are revealed. His writing presents the compelling story of a close friendship that survived many personal traumas before a final break-up. Elvis fans will at last see the startling revelations about Elvis's life presented in Brando's own words and appreciate the unknown bond that once existed between these two great entertainers.