Aurhor, HOLLYWOOD EAST:Louis B. Mayer and the origins of the studio system (Carol Publishing, '92), featured on TV's Entertainment Tonight and reviewed in People Magazine.
Author, IN THEDA BARA'S TENT, award-winning novel, (Tapley Cove Press, 2010). Finalist International Book Awards, finalist Amazon Breakthrough Novel (2011) Wattpad "Star" with more than a million reads. PW said, "Readers with an even passing interest in the history of Hollywood will be enthralled."
Author, WE NEVER TOLD, She Writes Press, 2019, a novel set during the era in America when unmarried women were shamed into relinquishing their babies. Those babies did not disappear. They grew up and went searching. Sonya is determined to uncover her mother's secret but when she does, she discovers that some secrets are best left secret. Kirkus Review said, "The author speaks with sophistication and style about the experiences of American women in the recent past."
My short stories have appeared in StoryQuarterly, Trampset, The Notre Dame Review, the Cumberland River Review, and The Sea Letter. Articles have appeared in the New York Times, Boston Herald, Forbes,Yankkee, American Heritage, and elsewhere.
I am the daughter of the late Al Altman, the MGM talent scout who discovered Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Ava Gardner, Sidney Poitier, Dean Stockwell and dozens of other unknowns who became stars. Paul Mazursky credited him with his successful career.
Founder of NameChange, I was the first married woman in Massachusetts to keep her maiden name without going to probate court (1971). Founder of BirthDay, a home birth organization responsibile for reversing the ban on professional midwives in the state of Massachusetts (1974).
Born in New York, reared in New Rochelle, I currently live in Manhattan, my favorite city in the world. I hold degrees from Connecticut College and Harvard University.
