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Darwin Porter is known as one of the most prolific writers of the Frommer's travel guides and a Hollywood biographer.

Porter was born in western North Carolina and grew up in Miami Beach. He attended the University of Miami and graduated in 1959. At the age of 20, he became an entertainment columnist for the Miami Herald, later being made bureau chief in Key West. .

In addition to his travel guide work and a number of novels, Porter has written controversial biographies on Humphrey Bogart, Howard Hughes, Katharine Hepburn, and Marlon Brando based on "about a thousand 'official interviews,' and about five times that many 'unofficial' interviews" with many major Hollywood celebrities. . He is part of Blood Moon Productions, which began as the Georgia Literary Association in 1997.

Porter also recently contributed commentary tracks to numerous DVD releases of classic films.