About Me

Waitress money in pocket, typewriter in hand, I came to New York from Ohio to make my living as a writer. No high aspirations: English was simply the only subject I'd never failed. In a matter of weeks, I went from writing a college thesis on Clarissa Harlowe to a romantic dissection of Dean Martin's divorce. It's been a bumpy ride ever since, with long pauses at the New York Daily News (where I edited Rex Reed, Pete Hamill, Jimmy Breslin and my now-husband Lorenzo Carcaterra) and People magazine (Diana! Oscars! Sexy Men! ), and shorter stops with a select crew of bipolar employers. My most delightful three years were spent as the founding editor of a women's weekly, Quick & Simple, where I picked up such tips as: To get more juice from a lemon, nuke it for 15 to 30 seconds before squeezing. All the better for making lemonade.

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