ALICE ARLEN is the author of Cissy Patterson and was for many years a successful screenwriter; among her credits are Silkwood—cowritten with Nora Ephron and nominated for an Academy Award—Alamo Bay, Cookie, Then She Found Me, and The Weight of Water. She is the niece of Alicia Patterson and, until her death in March 2016, lived in New York City.
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From National Book Award–winner Michael J. Arlen and screenwriter Alice Arlen, here is the fascinating, adventurous life of Alicia Patterson, who became, at age thirty-four, one of the youngest and most successful newspaper publishers in America whe... SEE MORE