Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series,
vol. 134, pages 158-163. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale,
2005.
Has one son, Robert, and one daughter, Jamie.
Survived a battle with esophageal cancer in 1992.
Studied philosophy and English literature. Taught at Hofstra University in the 1960s after graduating from there with a master's degree. Earned a doctorate from Harvard after her divorce. She then became an English professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.