High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Madonna: An Intimate Biography is a book by American author J. Randy Taraborrelli, chronicling the life of American recording artist Madonna. The book was released in April 2001 by Sidgwick Jackson in the United Kingdom, and in August 2001 by Simon Schuster in the United States. Taraborrelli first considered writing the book in 1990, but, realizing the project might be premature in respect to Madonna`s fledgling career, set it aside. He began writing the book in 1996, when Madonna gave birth to her daughter Lourdes.