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AUTHOR

Linda Howard Urbach is currently working on a new novel, Sarah’s Hair, the tangled story of Sarah Bernhardt’s hairdresser. Her first book, Expecting Miracles, was published by Putnam in the U.S (under the name Linda U. Howard). It was also published in England and France where it won the French Family Book Award. The book later sold to Paramount Pictures. Her second novel, The Money Honey, was also published by Putnam.

Linda is the originator of “MoMoirs -The Umbilical Cord Stops Here!” performed by members of the Theatre Artists Workshop. It premiered at the Zipper Theater in NYC. She created and runs www.MoMoirs .com. Writing Workshops For & About Moms. She was also an award winning advertising copywriter. (CLIO: “My Girdle’s Killing Me”)

Ms. Howard co-authored with Roberto Mitrotti “Fashionista” and “The Secret Diary of Sigmund Freud” produced by 20th Century Fox Specialized Film Division. It stars Bud Cort, Carole Kane, Klaus Kinski and Marisa Berenson. (Three and a half stars, Video Movie Guide, 2002.) Her one act play “Scenes from A Cell” was a finalist in the 2002 New England One Act Festival.

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