Background
Her father, Henry Goldsmith was a publisher and her mother, Janet, was an actress.
Her father, Henry Goldsmith was a publisher and her mother, Janet, was an actress.
She attended Boston University and worked as a professional actress, writer and teacher.
She has written biographies, novels and plays, including Umbrella Steps (adapted into film) and Ferber: The Biography of Edna Ferber and Her Circle, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for Opposite Attraction: The Lives of Erich Maria Remarque and Paulette Goddard.
