Fran Lebowitz
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Fran Lebowitz is an American author.
She was born Frances Ann Lebowitz on October 27, 1950, in Morristown, New Jersey. Lebowitz is best known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities. Some reviewers have called her a modern day Dorothy Parker.
After being expelled from high school and receiving a GED, Lebowitz worked many odd jobs before being hired by Andy Warhol as a columnist for Interview. This was followed by a stint at Mademoiselle. Her first book was a collection of essays titled Metropolitan Life (ISBN 0-449-20089-2), released in 1979, followed by Social Studies, both of which are collected (with a new introductory essay) in The Fran Lebowitz Reader.
For more than twenty years she has been famous in part for not writing Exterior Signs of Wealth, a long-overdue novel purportedly about rich people who want to be artists, and artists who want to be rich. Recently she has made recurring appearances as Judge Janice Goldberg on the television drama Law & Order.
[edit] Books
- Metropolitan Life ISBN 0-449-20089-2
- Social Studies ISBN 0-671-45047-6
- The Fran Lebowitz Reader ISBN 0-679-76180-2
- Mr. Chas and Lisa Sue Meet the Pandas ISBN 0-679-86052-5
