Lawrence J. Quirk (September 9, 1923 – October 17, 2014) was an American writer, Hollywood reporter and film historian.
[1] He was the nephew of James R. Quirk, former editor and publisher of the now-defunct Photoplay magazine.
He was an army sergeant in Korea, a reporter for the Hearst papers, and a film magazine editor and publisher.
He used his knowledge and friendship with Hollywood actors and politicians such as the Kennedys to gain material for his books.
He was profiled by Patricia Bosworth for the April 1998 Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair.