Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love, Paperback

Now a New Showtime Original Series
Showtime's dramatic series "Masters of Sex," starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, is based on this real-life story of sex researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson. Before "Sex and the City" and ViagraTM, America relied on Masters and Johnson to teach us everything we needed to know about what goes on in the bedroom. Convincing hundreds of men and women to shed their clothes and copulate, the pair were the nation s top experts on love and intimacy. Highlighting interviews with the notoriously private Masters and the ambitious Johnson, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier shows how this unusual team changed the way we all thought about, talked about, and engaged in sex while they simultaneously tried to make sense of their own relationship. Entertaining, revealing, and beautifully told, "Masters of Sex" sheds light on the eternal mysteries of desire, intimacy, and the American psyche.
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About the Author:

Thomas Maier is the author of the critically acclaimed "Dr. Spock: An American Life," which was a "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year; "The Kennedys: America's Emerald Kings," which was adapted into a Warner Home Video documentary; and "Newhouse," which won the Frank Luther Mott Award for Best Media Book. An award-winning investigative journalist at "Newsday," he lives with his wife and three sons in Long Island, New York.