Blonde Shadow: The Brief Career and Mysterious Disappearance of Actress Linda Haynes

(PLEASE NOTE: This long-form journalism article is now available as a long chapter in the book "Louise Brooks, Frank Zappa, & Other Charmers & Dreamers." This 400-page book contains much more as well and is available on amazon.com) Blonde, beautiful, mysterious -- a female James Dean. Linda Haynes, an actress who made only nine films in the 1970s disappeared from Hollywood in 1980, never to be heard from again. A hardcore group of her fans, which included film director Quentin Tarantino and author Tom Graves, spent years trying to find her. It took the deep pockets and obsessive tracking of Tarantino to finally locate her, but only one of them was admitted to her Florida home to get the story. Part mystery, part biography, and a total appreciation of an uncelebrated talent, Blonde Shadow attempts to get to the bottom of the enigma that was Linda Haynes. Included in the book is a Photo Gallery of film stills and personal photos.