Steven Gaines

Steven Gaines (born 1946) is an American author, journalist, and radio show host. His 13 books include Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons; The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan; The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles; Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys; Marjoe, the biography of evangelist Marjoe Gortner; Fool's Paradise: Players, Poseurs and the Culture of Excess in South Beach; and One of These Things First, a memoir. His 1991 biography of the fashion designer Halston (Simply Halston) was the basis for Ryan Murphy's 2021 Netflix series Halston, for which Ewan McGregor won an Emmy Award for Best Actor at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards.Gaines was a contributing editor at New York magazine and his journalism has appeared in Vanity Fair, The New York Observer, The New York Times, Los Angeles, Worth, and Connoisseur.

From 2003 to 2010 Gaines hosted a weekly, live roundtable radio interview show from the Hamptons called Sunday Brunch Live from the American Hotel in Sag Harbor that aired from Memorial Weekend to Labor Day on a local National Public Radio affiliate. Marjoe, the biography of evangelist Marjoe Gortner

Me, Alice, the autobiography of rock star Alice Cooper

Discotheque, a novel

The Club, a novel (with Robert Jon Cohen)

Another Runner in the Night, a novel

The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles (with Peter Brown)

Heroes and Villains: The True Story of The Beach Boys

Simply Halston: The Untold Story

Obsession: The Lives and Times of Calvin Klein (with Sharon Churcher)

Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons

The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan

Fool's Paradise: Players, Poseurs and the Culture of Excess in South Beach

One of These Things First, a memoir

All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles (with Peter Brown)