There are always two sides to every story.  Authors themselves are no exception.  Martha Gellhorn was a groundbreaking war correspondent with six decades of stories, 16 books, and two collections of journalistic articles published during her lifetime.  But as Ernest Hemingway’s lover and wife of five years, she was viewed by some as a negative influence, and as someone with far inferior rhetorical abilities than her famous partner.  Now she will be the subject of an HBO movie as played by Nicole Kidman.
In Love Goes to Press by Gellhorn and Virginia Cowles, a play set in a press camp in 1944 Italy, two smart and dedicated female journalists, who clearly relate to Gellhorn and Cowles, try to balance their careers and their love lives.  The comedic three-act play portrays a Battle of the Sexes that only gets more dramatic when the ex-husband of one of the journalists unexpectedly reenters her life.  Present, of course, is a leading male character with many resemblances to Hemingway.  These two women journalists stand strong in the face of discrimination, portraying Gellhorn as a trailblazer.  
In Double-Edged Sword: The Many Lives of Hemingway's Friend, the American Matador Sidney Franklin by Bart Paul, Gellhorn is seen as a destructive force in Hemingway’s life.  Sidney Franklin was a Brooklyn-raised gay American who became a legendary bullfighter in Spain.  As his amazing career grew, he also cultivated a close friendship with Hemingway.  In Double-Edged Sword, Franklin takes a negative view of Gellhorn as he watches his best friend’s tumultuous relationship take a downward spiral.   
In this case, the author is just as interesting as the stories she wrote.