ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Susannah Gora is a former Associate Editor of Premiere Magazine, where she covered film and the entertainment industry. She has also written about movies for publications including Variety and Elle, has appeared on networks such as NBC, CBS, MTV and VH1 as an entertainment commentator, and was the host and writer of "Classics on Film," a DVD series produced by Penguin Books. Additionally, she serves as Director of The Friars Club Comedy Film Festival. Susannah Gora is a graduate of The Dalton School and of Duke University, from which she graduated with High Distinction in English and received the E. Blake Byrne scholarship for excellence in creative writing. She is married and lives in Manhattan, where she was born and raised. In eighth grade, she saw The Breakfast Club for the first time, and it changed her life.

Visit her on the Web at www.susannahgora.com