Mayor Gonzo Mays
Key West, Florida
Mayor Gonzo Mays
Key West, Florida
About The Author: Sammie Mays is an American author, journalist and humorist. In 1990, where many attempted and failed, Mays infiltrated prison confines, securing the interview and infamous photograph of baseball’s legendary bad boy “Pete Rose in Prison” – while successfully evading maximum measures. As a result of her unique (and quite unorthodox) style, the National Enquirer tabloid newspaper published what became known as the $100,000 Best of Year story and photograph – and garnered Mays a “Best of Year” home run in Sports Illustrated. It was then, among newsroom peers, that Sammie's atypical style earned her the nickname the “Gonz.”
"A person can be taught to type but what she does can't be taught." –Iain Calder, Author, The Untold Story: My Twenty Years Running the National Enquirer