BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Born in Prague Czechoslovakia, U.S. citizen
Educated in N.Y.C Public Schools, Bronx H.S. of Science,
Radcliffe College, Columbia U [BS, 1959],
Married to documentary film maker and palindromist Allan Miller,
Sons: Michael W. Miller, Steven Miller
Grandchildren: Izzy, Abby, Eli and Clara
BOOKS
Central Park in the Dark work in progress
[to be published in 2006]
Red-Tails in Love 10th Anniversary edition -- with updates [Vintage, April 2005]
The Plug in Drug: Television, Computers & Family Life
25th Anniversary Edition, [Penguin, 2002]
Red-Tails in Love [Pantheon, April 1998, Vintage, 1999]
[New York Times Notable Book, 1998]
Unplugging the Plug-In Drug [Viking Penguin, 1987]
The Plug-In Drug: Television, Children & the Family [Viking Penguin, 1985,1977, Bantam, 1978]
Children Without Childhood [Penguin, 1984, Pantheon 1983]
[winner of Grand Prix, International Janusz Korczak Competition - 1985]
The Sick Book [Four Winds Press, 1976]
The Baby Reader [Simon & Schuster, 1973]
The Playgroup Book [Macmillan, 1967 Penguin '69]
CHILDREN"S BOOKS
(Simon & Schuster, 1966-1974):
Fireside Book of Children's Songs
Fireside Book of Fun & Games Songs
The Man Who Made Fine Tops
The Fisherman Who Needed a Knife
The Thief Catcher
Shiver, Gobble and Snore
What Shall We Do & Allee Galloo [Harper & Row]
TRANSLATIONS
[From Czech and Russian]
Mendelssohn is on the Roof by Jiri Weil,
[Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1991]
Slum Clearance, a play by Vaclav Havel, 1989
Temptation, a play by Vaclav Havel, 1986
[published by Grove Press]
Largo Desolato, a play by Vaclav Havel, 1986
[Performed at N.Y. Public Theater]
Summer in Prague, a novel by Zdena Salivarova
[Harper & Row, 1973]
JOURNALISM
1989-2001, columnist, Leisure & Arts page, Wall Street Journal
5/17/98, N.Y Times, Travel section "The Wild Within", [re: Central Park]
11/95, Smithsonian Magazine, "Phenomena, Notes & Comments"
1968-1993, 10 articles for New York Times Magazine
1978-1991, 4 articles for New York Times Book Review
FILM
1991 - November's Children: Revolution in Prague [Associate Producer]
2005: Red-Tails in Love: motion picture rights optioned by Carson Dyle Inc. and Christian McLaughlin
