Patrick McGilligan's biographies include the Edgar-nominated "Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light" and the "New York Times" Notable Books "Fritz Lang: The Nature of the Beast" and "George Cukor: A Double Life". He has also penned biographies of Clint Eastwood, Jack Nicholson, Robert Altman, and James Cagney, along with the oral history "Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist" (with Paul Buhle). McGilligan lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.