Getting Old Is the Best Revenge
After being widowed at a young age with three small children, Rita Lakin began an extensive writing career, which has included staff writing on television programs such asPeyton Place, Mod Squad, Dynasty,andStrong Medicine,as well as creating original series such asThe Rookies.She has won an Edgar Allen Poe award for her screenwriting, as well as receiving several other award nominations, and her two original theatrical plays,No Language But a CryandSaturday Night at Grossingers,are still being produced around the country.