Amanda Cross

<p>Amanda Cross was the pseudonymous author of the bestselling Kate Fansler mysteries. As Carolyn G. Heilbrun (1926-2003), she taught English at Columbia University for more than three decades. She was the first woman to receive tenure in the English Department and was also a prolific feminist author. Dr. Heilbrun’s other books include: <i> Writing a Woman’s Life</i>, <i>Hamlet’s Mother and Other Women</i>, <i> The Education of a Woman: The Life of Gloria Steinem</i>, and <i> The Last Gift of Time: Life Beyond Sixty</i>.</p>