Olivia Goldsmith

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Olivia Goldsmith (born January 1, 1949 in Dumont (New Jersey) as Randy Goldfield , † January 15, 2004 in Manhattan ) was an American writer.

Life

The writer was born Randy Goldfield in Dumont, New Jersey and graduated from the University of New York. She initially worked as a management consultant and was one of the first female partners at Booz Allen Hamilton before starting her writing career.

Olivia Goldsmith died on January 15, 2004 at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan as a result of plastic surgery. She had a heart attack while being given the anesthesia that was required for the operation. On January 7th, she fell into a coma, from which she never woke up and died.

Writing career

Olivia Goldsmith, who in the course of her career also published under the pseudonyms Justine Goldfield and Justine Rendal , was one of the world's most successful authors of witty and ironic women's entertainment. In June 1989, after the divorce from her husband, she was left with nothing and wrote her anger off her soul; her friend at the time, Cynthia Maurizio, revised the 100-page manuscript and added 250 pages to it with two chapters. This was followed by the Roman First Wives' Club (Eng. "The Devil's Club"). It became a bestseller and sold more than five million times. From 1991 a complicated legal dispute developed through several instances over the copyrights of this co-authorship, which was only ended in November 2000 to the disadvantage of Maurizio.

In 1996 the novel was filmed for the cinemas under the title of the same name with Goldie Hawn , Diane Keaton and Bette Midler . Olivia Goldsmith was able to build on the success with her novel "The Goddesses of Revenge". The director Ivan Reitman (" Ghostbusters ") has acquired the film rights for this novel .

Bibliography (selection)

  • The Devils Club
  • The crooks' club
  • The billy effect
  • Great men
  • Style with feeling. Dresses that fit the soul
  • The bestseller
  • The beautiful hyenas
  • The vengeance of women
  • Typical man

Film adaptations

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Author Olivia Goldsmith Dies at 54 ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. foxnews.com of January 16, 2004 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.foxnews.com
  2. ↑ purdue.edu: Cases of Note - Cynthia Maurizio v. Olivia Goldsmith aka Justine Rendal (accessed August 16, 2014)
  3. ↑ law.justia.com: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT - 230 F.3d 518 (accessed on August 16, 2014)

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personal data
SURNAME Goldsmith, Olivia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldfield, Randy (maiden name); Goldfield, Justine (pseudonym); Rendal, Justine (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Dumont (New Jersey)
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 2004
Place of death Manhattan