Editing Joan Collins (section)

==Bibliography==
Memoir
* ''Past Imperfect: An Autobiography'' – UK version (1978)
* ''Katy: A Fight for Life, A Memoir'' (1982)
* ''Past Imperfect: An Autobiography'' – US version (1984)
* ''Second Act: An Autobiography'' (1996)
* ''The World According to Joan'' (2011)
* ''Passion For Life: An Autobiography'' (2013)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/328653/Thanks-for-the-memoirs-Joan-Collins|title=Thanks for the memoirs, Joan Collins |work=Daily Express|date=25 June 2012|access-date=31 October 2012}}</ref>
* ''My Unapologetic Diaries by Joan Collins'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dame Joan Collins's 'outrageous' diary entries to be published|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/dame-joan-collinss-outrageous-diary-entries-to-be-published-39945553.html|access-date=2021-02-26|website=independent|date=7 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Behind the Shoulder Pads: Stories I Only Tell my Friends'' (2023)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Behind_The_Shoulder_Pads_Stories_I_Only_Tell_My_Fr?id=AQAAAEAiT3EPQM&hl=en_IN&gl=IN | title=Behind the Shoulder Pads: Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Joan Collins – Audiobooks on Google Play }}</ref>
Nonfiction
* ''The Joan Collins Beauty Book'' (1980)
* ''My Secrets'' (1994)
* ''Health, Youth and Happiness: My Secrets'' (1995)
* ''My Friends' Secrets'' (1999)
* ''Joan's Way: Looking Good, Feeling Great'' (2002)
* ''The Art of Living Well: Looking Good, Feeling Great'' (2007)

Fiction
* ''Prime Time'', a novel (1988)
* ''Love and Desire and Hate'', a novel (1990)
* ''Too Damn Famous'', a novel (1995) retitled ''Infamous'' for US (1996)
* ''Star Quality'', a novel (2002)
* ''Misfortune's Daughters'', a novel (2005)
* ''The St. Tropez Lonely Hearts Club'', a novel (2015)

By other authors
* ''Joan Collins'' by John Kercher, Gallery Books (1984)
* ''Joan Collins: The Unauthorised Biography'' by Jeff Rovin, Bantam Books (1984)
* ''Joan Collins, Superstar: A Biography'' by Robert Levine, Dell Publishing (1985)
* ''A Touch of Collins'' by Joe Collins, Columbus Books (1986)
* ''Portraits of a Star'' by Eddie Sanderson, Hodder & Stoughton (1987)
* ''Inside Joan Collins: A Biography'' by Jay David, Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc. (1988)
* ''Hollywood Sisters: Jackie and Joan Collins'' by Susan Crimp and Patricia Burstein, St. Martin's Press (1989)
* ''Joan Collins: The Biography of an Icon'' by Graham Lord, Orion (2007)
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==Random House Court case==
In the 1990s, Collins was embroiled in a high-profile legal battle with the publisher [[Random House]], which was televised daily on ''[[truTV|Court TV]]''. Collins had signed a two-book deal with the company for $4 million and they had given her a $1.2 million advance. In September 1991, Collins delivered a 690-page manuscript of a novel entitled ''The Ruling Passion'' to Random House. However, the publishing firm deemed the manuscript to be of poor quality and demanded the return of the $1.2 million advance they had paid to Collins, claiming she had failed to deliver completed books as per her contract. Collins countersued, arguing that her contract required her only to submit a "complete manuscript" not an "acceptable" one. Since she had turned in two novels to the publishing company, ''A Ruling Passion'' in 1991 and a second novel, ''Hell Hath No Fury'', in 1992, as her contract stipulated, she felt Random House owed her the rest of the $4 million. She contended that Random House had not provided the editorial assistance she had expected.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984142,00.html Time Magazine – Damsel In Distress], Time.com, 19 February 1996.</ref>

Her Random House contract, negotiated by agent [[Irving Paul Lazar|Irving Lazar]], required that she be paid even if her completed manuscripts were not published. When the case was finally heard in February 1996, a court determined that Collins could keep the advance given to her plus a further $1 million for the first completed manuscript, but that the publisher did not have to pay for the second manuscript, since it was essentially a reworking of the first.<ref>{{cite news |title=Joan Collins to Get Additional Million |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/01/nyregion/joan-collins-to-get-additional-million.html |access-date=16 October 2021 |work=New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=1 March 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Colford |first1=Paul D. |title=They Just Couldn't Make This Kind of Stuff Up - Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-02-14-ls-35591-story.html |access-date=16 October 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=14 February 1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Publisher Told to Pay Even if Book is 'Trash' |url=https://www.deseret.com/1996/2/14/19224985/publisher-told-to-pay-even-if-book-is-trash |access-date=16 October 2021 |work=Deseret News |agency=Associated Press |date=14 February 1996}}</ref>
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