Author. A native of New Rochelle, New York, she is considered one of the most successful writers of light fiction in the 20th century whose works targeted an audience of middle-class women. They include “Skyscraper,” “Alimony,” “No Private Heaven,” “American Family,” “Twenty-Four Hours A Day,” “White Collar Girl,” “Change Of Heart,” “The Office Wife,” “Adam’s Eden,” “Letty & The Law,” “Blue Horizons,” “The Moons Our Home,” “Breath Of Life,” “Hotel Hostess,” “Rich Girl, Poor Girl,” and “Enchanted Oasis,” among many others. She passed away in Norwalk, Connecticut, at the age of 84.