She taught ' Workshop in the Novel ' at New York University in 1943 and 1944 , and also worked as a Hollywood scriptwriter in the 1940s , contributing to '' Madame Curie '' and the John Ford / John Wayne war movie , '' They Were Expendable '' .
She taught ' Workshop in the Novel ' at New York University in 1943 and 1944 . 
 She also worked as a Hollywood scriptwriter in the 1940s , contributing to '' Madame Curie '' and the John Ford / John Wayne war movie , '' They Were Expendable '' .