It was my mother who taught me about photography. She had been a photographer's assistant in Manhattan in 1945 when she first met my father. She took gorgeous photos in her boss's studio, of her parents and my father. The opening of Lenswoman in Love describes what she taught me (though it is attributed to my heroine's dad, and sets up the romance that follows). My parents circa 1945, shot in my mother's boss's studio in Manhattan. From Lenswoman in Love: I've always remembered my father in...

I am thrilled to annouce that my audiobook, recorded by award-winning SAG actress Holly Adams, has just been released through Audible!

"… and UCLA always has really cool guest speakers on campus, like politicians and authors.” While I was a student at UCLA (like Maddy), I photographed many guest speakers...including Dan Ellseberg (exposed the Pentagon Papers - helped end the war in Vietnam), Shirley Chisholm (the first black congresswoman), Dr Spock (famous pediatrician) and Ray Bradbury (science fiction author). Daniel Ellsberg Dr Spock ...