Kitty Kelley likes to make waves. With each of her unauthorized biographies, she draws media attention and generates through-the-roof sales, and her newest work is no exception. In celebration of the release of The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty (Doubleday & Co., 2004), pals Erica Jong and hubby Ken Burrows threw her a book party at their Manhattan pad, drawing the likes of Judy Licht, Joan Collins, Judy Collins, and Kitty's husband, Dr. Jonathan Zucker, sporting a button that read: "All the Right Enemies… Kitty Kelley Gave This to Me."

Also in attendance was former tabloid (New York Post/Daily News) editor Lou Colasuonno, who set up (and was the third party at) the infamous lunch meeting between Kitty and Sharon Bush, ex-wife of the President's brother Neil. Colasuonno, a former publicist of the ex-Mrs. Bush (now estranged from the entire Bush clan), told The Sheet: "I was working with Sharon and I saw a David and Goliath situation. She was being run out of town by the family."

It was during this fateful meeting that Sharon confirmed another source's allegation that George W. did cocaine at Camp David while his father, George H.W., was in office. While Sharon now denies (through her attorney) ever making that allegation, it should be noted that she has not requested a retraction, or even contacted Doubleday.

"There were many deliberations back and forth about Kitty [writing] this book," said Jong, a close friend who has shared homes with the author and her husband in both Provence and Tuscany. "Kitty Kelley had such guts to take on a sitting President," Jong continued.

Doubleday Publisher Steve Rubin also sang Kitty's praises: "She stands up to the controversy with charm and grace. There's no crap with Kitty."

Indeed. The dicey author hasn't blinked through all of the criticisms hurled at her over the years, resulting from the spicy revelations penned in her numerous volumes on beloved celebs and public figures. Her works have included Jackie Oh!; Elizabeth Taylor: The Last Star; His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra; Nancy Reagan: The Unauthorized Biography; and The Royals (not for sale, and never published in Great Britain, perhaps with a healthy respect for that country's tough libel laws). "Kitty never had a law suit that stuck," insisted Jong.

Boldly, the tell-all temptress hammers on. We asked the author from where she draws her courage and how she developed her thick skin for controversy. "I was the oldest of seven children," Kelley responded. "I learned early on to stand up to bullies!" The name Kitty is clearly misleading….