 He also received 12 Hearst Newspapers writing awards.He wrote more than 80 books covering politics, crime, current events and showbusiness biographies.Carpozi was known as the "Biographer to the Stars," having written biographies on Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe – he conducted an extensive interview with Monroe, was one of the few biographers who knew her and was preparing a new edition of his biography at the time of his death, Clark Gable, Bobby Sherman, Vince Edwards, Jackie Kennedy, Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, Bing Crosby, Johnny Cash, Carol Burnett and Cher.