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David Bret

French-born David Bret is one of Britain's leadng show business biographers and an authority on the chanson, who has composed for Rosalie Dubois, Jacqueline Danno, Dorothy Squires and the geat French chanteuse Barbara ('Les hommes bafoués'') who also commissioned him to adapt several of her works ('La solitude', 'Ma plus belle histoire d'amour', 'Precy jardin') into English.

He was an adviser to Elaine Paige for her stage appearance as 'Piaf', has made hundreds of radio and television broadcasts, numerous documentary films, and has given talks at Chicago University.

Currently he is working on a French adaptation of a rarely-performed Tennessee Williams play, and a new biography of Clark Gable.

David's new two-book contract, for biographies on Doris Day and Joan Crawford, was signed in November 2007.