Curiosidades

She was working as a secretary when she wrote "Looking For Mr. Goodbar", which was published in 1975 and based on the story of a young Catholic elementary school teacher who picked up men in singles bars and was ultimately murdered by one of them. It became a bestseller and was ultimately made into a critically acclaimed movie.

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 477-478. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.

Mother of Daniel Rossner and Jean Rossner; grandmother of three. Sister of Nancy Pike.

Was briefly the stepmother of Lisa Jane Persky.