Educated at Emerson College (theatre arts, 1965). Her first produced screenplay was MASK (1985). Other notable credits (alone or in collaboration) include "Into the Homeland" (1987, TV), GORILLAS IN THE MIST (1988), IN LOVE AND WAR (1996) and GIRL, INTERRUPTED and CHAINS (also producer) (both 1999).  Nominated for Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) 1988: GORILLAS IN THE MIST (w. Tab Murphy) 1 nomination