Madsen wrote on topics such as cross country truck drivers and the
CBS news magazine "
60 minutes". He was best known for his biographies of
Hollywood celebrities, fashion pioneers, and business titans. • 1973 :
William Wyler: the authorized biography • 1975 : ''The new Hollywood; American movies in the '70s'' • 1977 :
Hearts and minds : the common journey of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre • 1976 :
Malraux : a biography • 1978 :
John Huston: a biography • 1979 :
Living for design : the Yves Saint Laurent story • 1980 :
Private power : multinational corporations for the survival of our planet • 1980 :
Unisave • 1982 : ''Open road : truckin' on the biting edge'' • 1984 :
60 Minutes: The Power and Politics of America’s Most Popular TV News Show • 1986 :
Cousteau : an unauthorized biography • 1989 :
Gloria and Joe • 1989 :
Silk roads: : the Asian adventures of Clara and André Malraux • 1989 :
Sonia Delaunay: artist of the lost generation • 1990 :
Coco Chanel : a biography • 1995 :
Stanwyck: A Biography • 1996 : ''The Sewing Circle : Hollywood's greatest secret : female stars who loved other women'' • 1999 :
The deal maker : how William C. Durant made General Motors • 2001 : ''John Jacob Astor : America's first multimillionaire'' • 2002 :
The Marshall Fields ==Family==