Alan Light – What Happened, Miss Simone? (Book)

Inspired by the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary,Alan Light’s What Happened, Miss Simone? is an intimate and vivid portrait of the twentieth-century icon Nina Simone.

Drawing on glimpses into previously unseen diaries, rare interviews and childhood journals, and with the aid of her daughter, What Happened, Miss Simone? tells the story of the classically trained pianist who became a soul legend, a committed civil rights activist and one of the most influential, provocative and least understood artists of our time. This is the story of the real Miss Simone.

‘From her raging, handwritten letters to late-night phone calls with David Bowie, this biography gets up close and personal with the tempestuous Nina Simone’ Observer