Marjoe

Marjoe by Gaines, Steven S.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780060114015.

Steven Gaines was working in a small auction gallery in 1971 when he met former child evangelist Marjoe Gortner at Maxs Kansas City, a New York restaurant and club. Although Gaines had never published anything before he convinced Gortner to allow him to write his biography, which was published in 1973. The movie of "Marjoe" won the 1972 Academy Award for Best Documentary, and although the film was not based on Gaines biography, the attention brought by the Academy Award helped promote the book "Marjoe" into a religion bestseller and establish Gaines career as a writer.