About the Author

Joan Kufrin has been a professional writer for her entire career, including 10 years as vice president and director of corporate communications for the Leo Burnett Company. In addition, her by-line has appeared in New York, Saturday Evening Post, Christian Science Monitor, New York News, New Woman, Chicago Tribune magazine, Chicago Sun-Times, and Chicago magazine. She is the author of Leo Burnett, Star-Reacher, a biography; and Uncommon Women, interviews with and biographies of nine American icons: Gwendolyn Brooks, Mary McCarthy, Maria Tallchief, Alice Neel, Julie Harris, Roberta Peters, Mary Lou Williams, Sarah Caldwell and Eugenia Zukerman.