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"Eloise is one of the more delightfully fiendish literary heroines of our time." -- Edward I. Koch (former NYC mayor!!!)
Dancer, a singer, a pianist, a composer, a choreographer, and
now an author. a pianist, a composer, a choreographer, and
now an author. As many thousands of Americans know, she
created a night-club act that can only be described as
indescribable, The critic from Variety tried to pin it down
more concisely, "Her act is paced like a North Atlantic gale,"
he began bravely, but then threw in the sponge. "Miss
Thompson is more than an act," he said finally. "She's an
experience."
She wrote Eloise simply by listening to Eloise talk (Eloise talks
in a wispy, breathless version of Miss Thompson's gusty speech)
and then writing down what Eloise had said.
(from the back cover of Eloise, 1955)
Kay in the News
Throughout her lifetime and career, there have
been many biographies and articles on Kay
Thompson. Here you will find a few of them,
including pictures and lots of great information
about Eloise's author.
Dizzy Making
Time - November 10, 1947
New Comedienne Kay Thompson
Life - January 26, 1948
McCalls Visits Kay Thompson
McCall's - January 1957
Kay Thompson Biography
Current Biography Yearbook 1959
Pity the Plaza! Eloise Is Back in Town
The New York Times - May 1, 1969
Rex Reed on Kay Thompson: You've Never Seen
Anything Like Her
Harper's Bazaar - November 1972
Kay and Eloise
Vanity Fair - December 1996
Kay Thompson, Author of Eloise Book Dies
The New York Times - July 7, 1998
Oh, Kay, You're O.K. With Me!
New York Observer - July 20, 1998
Eloise is Ready to Skip Out of Her Creator's
Shadow
The New York Times - November 15, 1998
Kay Thompson: "Pure Heaven" Tributes to a Lady
with "Bazzazz"
InTheater - April 26, 1999
