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Stealing Kisses:
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Nature of the Beast

Miami Babylon


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Toy Story

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PUBLISHED BOOKS


The Main Event (Doubleday) Bestseller


The Paris Diet (Villard)

Disco (Crown)
The Guinness Book of College Records (Bantam/Sterling)
How to Break into Publishing (Harper & Row)
Brain Food (Price Stern Sloan) Bestseller
The Emotional Pharmacy (Price Stern Sloan)
Nutri-Tips (Longmeadow Press)
It's Better At Burdines (Pickering Press)
Hormones (The Body Press/Price Stern Sloan)

WRITER: magazines, newspapers, newsletters, internet
Variety, Self, Family Circle, Cosmopolitan, American Health, Fashion Spectrum, Ocean Drive, South Florida, New Times, Variety, Daily Business Review; Florida Entertainment Commission; IFP/South newsletter, Nutrition and Health (Columbia University); Hollywood Reporter, Moondance.org, Cosmetic Surgery Magazine

CRITICAL WRITING: film, media, theater
Theater Week, New Times, Fashion Spectrum (now Channel Magazine), Moondance.org.

EDITING
Executive Editor, Florida Entertainment Commission;
FL24/Seven, (monthly magazine), Miami Beach office, 1996-1998
Columnist, Media and Sexual Health,
Fashion Spectrum (monthly magazine),Miami, 1996-1998
Entertainment Columnist/editor, Daily Business Review
(div. Time, Inc.); (daily newspaper), Miami; 1994-96
Theater Critic, New Times, (weekly newspaper),Miami; 1991-94
Senior Editor, The Pickering Press, (history and trade books), Miami; 1990-91
Executive Editor, Academy for Educational Development
(US government publications about retirement and other aspects
of senior lifestyle/ business participation), New York
Senior Editor, Dale Books, div. of Davis Publications, Inc.
(mass market paperback fiction & home magazine division), New York
Managing Editor, Chelsea House Publishers, New York,
Associate Editor, Come Alive Magazine, Marshall Cavendish Publishers, London



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EDUCATION
B.A. English and Journalism, New York University; Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum Laude;
Graduate English Lit. Program, University of London, United Nations Scholar

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE

On Air Experience in Radio and TV--talk show host, WTVJ-TV (NBC) and WSBH radio, FL


PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING
(Has run marketing programs and public relations campaigns, on a work-for-hire basis):
Center Studio, Pilates, LA
The Pilates Method Alliance (PMA)
Save My Face, Inc., LA
Michael B. Jewelry, LA
The Cheetah Club, FL
Jacques Borel Enterprises, NYC
KPMG Peat Marwick, NYC
Columbia University, NYC
The Independent Feature Project (IFP)/South, FL
The Florida Entertainment Industry Council, FL
New World School of the Arts, FL
Atlantic Records, BASF; NYC
National Clearinghouse for Retired Americans, NYC and Washington, D.C.

MANAGEMENT
At several positions, supervised both departments, and employees:
Florida Entertainment Commission; five magazines/year;managed 10 freelancers
Academy for Educational Development; 30 publications/year;managed three people
in-house
Dale Books; five books/month; managed two in-houseand 15+ freelancers
Chelsea House; four multi-volume books/year;
10 in-house employees, 20 freelancers

TEACHING
PEN in the Classroom, North Hollywood H.S., Los Angeles, one semester special program
Adjunct Professor: Writing, Playwriting, Publishing, the New School, NYC
New World School of the Arts, Miami FL
Florida International University (FIU), Miami.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Although cannot write programs, this is one of my most avid interests and consider
myself highly computer and Net literate. I have used computers for over 20 years, and the Net for over 10 years. I know how to operate many programs.

SPECIAL AREAS OF INTEREST\EXPERIENCE
Entertainment---film, music, TV, media issues, & theater;
Nutrition, health, fitness-related topics;
Computers and technology;
Animals (especially felines);
Pop psychology; relationships, sexuality;
History, True Crime