Reality Behind the Fantasy (2025) - the autobiography of Caroline Munro

By: Anders Frejdh

Published:
2025-10-21

Reality Behind the Fantasy, Caroline Munro, autobiography

From Sweden with Love supporter Caroline Munro has announced her first ever official autobiography with a foreword by Reece Shearsmith. The book, co-written with Alan Keen, is titled Reality Behind the Fantasy and now available from Amazon UK in both hardback and for the Kindle. Book launch party and tour dates to be confirmed shortly.

From the hallowed grounds of Hammer Horror to the soaring heights of Bond and Sinbad, Caroline Munro has long been immortalized as the First Lady of Fantasy. In Reality Behind the Fantasy, Caroline steps out of the spotlight and into her truth with a candid memoir that’s filled with warmth, wit and a healthy dose of sparkle and glamour.

Caroline Munro, Richard Kiel, Stockholm, Sweden

Caroline Munro, Richard Kiel, Stockholm, Sweden

Caroline Munro with Richard Kiel in Stockholm 1977 to promote The Spy Who Loved Me. Photo from Anders Frejdh's private collection.

Behind the smokey eyeliner and the cult film posters, Caroline shares backstage anecdotes from her accidental start in show business to working with cinematic legends such as Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price, as well as iconic Ray Harryhausen creatures.

Told in Caroline’s unmistakable voice – elegant, mischievous and deeply human – Reality Behind the Fantasy is an invitation to step beyond her world of fantasy and meet the real woman who has lived it all.

Order Reality Behind the Fantasy from Amazon UK or Amazon.com.

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Reality Behind the Fantasy (2025) - the autobiography of Caroline Munro

Told in Caroline’s unmistakable voice – elegant, mischievous and deeply human – Reality Behind the Fantasy is an invitation to step beyond her world of fantasy and meet the real woman who has lived it all.

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