THE DARE WRIGHT STORY 

Artist, Actress, Fashion Model, Photographer And

Author Of The Lonely Doll Series

1914-2001

The Dare Wright Story – And Her Secrets – Shared As No One Else Can

Welcome to the official Dare Wright website where you can explore Dare’s story and see her amazing photographs. Follow the creative road she traveled from skilled artist to Broadway stage actress, cover page fashion model, professional photographer and acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator. Here you can browse her best-selling children’s books that have delighted millions of readers for more than sixty years, and that remain in print today. Here too you can discover the real story behind the creation of Dare’s most celebrated title, The Lonely Doll.

 

Brook Ashley’s New Biography of Dare

 

Dare Wright And The Lonely Doll features more than four hundred of Dare’s own photographs and an array of other illustrations. Brook Ashley tells Dare’s story as no one else can. She was Dare’s goddaughter, lifelong friend and guardian during her final years.

Brook was also a friend of Dare’s mother Edie, Dare’s brother Blaine and others in Dare’s circle in New York City. Broadway and film star Tallulah Bankhead, Brook’s second godmother, was in the circle. Donald Seawell, Brook’s father, was Dare’s confidant and protector from her early days in New York until the end of her life.

Dare Wright And The Lonely Doll reveals the true story of a complicated angel. She was an ethereal mixture of artistry and innocence.

 

Available through your favorite bookstore and online.

 

 

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