Alice Arlen

ALICE ARLEN is the author of Cissy Patterson and was for many years a successful screenwriter; among her cred­its are Silkwood—cowritten with Nora Ephron and nomi­nated for an Academy Award—Alamo Bay, Cookie, Then She Found Me, andThe Weight of Water. She is the niece of Alicia Patterson and, until her death in March 2016, lived in New York City. 

MICHAEL J. ARLEN was for thirty years a staff writer and television critic at The New Yorker. He is the author of many books, including Thirty Seconds, An American Verdict, Exiles, which was short-listed for a National Book Award, and Passage to Ararat, which won a National Book Award.