Desley Deacon provides the first comprehensive biography of a pre-eminent twentieth-century Australian performer and popular cultural icon: Judith Anderson: Australian Star; First Lady of the American Stage, by Desley Deacon, Melbourne, Kerr, 2019, 509 pp., $AU59.25 (pbk), $AU11.99 (ebook), ISBN 9781875703180. Publisher's website: https://www.kerrpublishing.com.au. Issue 2 (3rd April 2022) - Kelly, Veronica