Vikki LaMotta was born in the Bronx on January 23, 1930 and was married to the middle weight champion Jake LaMotta for eleven years. She was a chorus girl, model and promoter. In 1962, she married Tony Foster; they had a son, Harrison, and later divorced. This autobiography was written in the 1990s but did not want it released until after her death due to the information revealed in the book.Vikki died in 2005 in Boca Raton, Florida, two days after her 75th birthday. Thomas Hauser is an attorney and well-known author based in New York city with over 50 published fiction and nonfiction books. Most recently, he and author Dr. Robert Peter Gale re-released a bestselling classic book Chernobyl: The Final Warning. For many years he has written extensively about boxing - he was recently selected for boxing's highest honor, induction into the International Boxing Hall Fame.
