Nancy Dunnan, M.A. American Studies '69
Nancy
Dunnan is a New York based financial advisor and author of numerous books
including: Dunnan's
Guide to your Investments 2000, How
to Invest $50-$5,000, and Never
Balance Your Checkbook on Tuesday : And 300 More Financial Lessons You Can't
Afford Not to Know
Ted Gup, J.D. '78
 
Ted
Gup is an award-winning journalist and the Shirley Wormser Professor
in Journalism and Media Writing at Case In his latest book, The
Book of Honor: Covert Lives and Classified Deaths at the CIA,
he reveals the names, lives, and history of some two dozen agents killed
in the line of duty whose identities and missions were covered up by the
CIA.
Michael Palmer, M.D. '68
Michael
Palmer is the author of two annual consecutive New York Times hardcover
and paperback fiction bestsellers, as well as several New York Times original
paperback bestsellers including Natural
Causes, Silent
Treatment, and The
Sisterhood. His 1993 novel, Extreme
Measures, was the basis for the 1996 movie starring Hugh Grant and Gene
Hackman. Dr. Palmer has been a medical practitioner of internal and emergency
medicine for two dozen years. Presently, he is the associate director of
the Massachusetts Medical Society's physician health program, working with
doctors on chemical and alcohol addiction problems.
Richard North Patterson, J.D. '71
Richard
North Patterson is the author of several best-selling mysteries including:
Dark Lady,
No Safe Place,
Degree
of Guilt, Escape
the Night and the Edgar Award Winning The
Lasko Tangent. Prior to and at the beginning of his writing career, Mr.
Patterson was a practicing attorney. He served as an Assistant Attorney General
for the State of Ohio; a trial attorney for the Securities
& Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco; and was
the SEC's liaison to the Watergate Special Prosecutor. He retired from legal
practice in 1993 to concentrate on his writing.
M. Scott Peck (1936-2005), M.D. '63
M.
Scott Peck was a psychiatrist and author of best-selling books for adults and children, most notably, The
Road Less Traveled, an immensely popular book on personal development
and spirituality. His most recent book, Glimpse of the Devil: A Psychiatrist’s Personal Accounts of Possession, Exorcism and Redemption, was published earlier this year. In 1984, Peck co-founded The
Foundation for Community Encouragement, a Seattle-based nonprofit foundation that promotes the principles of community through workshops held throughout the world. His efforts earned him the Kaleidoscope Award for Peacemaking in 1984, the Temple International Peace Prize in 1994, and the Georgetown University Learning, Faith and Freedom Medal in 1996.
Leatrice B. Rabinsky, B.A. English '65, M.A. English '70, Ph.D. Education '78
Leatrice B. Rabinsky is Adjunct Assistant Professor of
Judaic Studies at the Laura and
Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies in Cleveland and a renowned
Holocaust scholar who pioneered the study of the Holocaust in the Cleveland
Heights - University Heights Schools where she started Holocaust
literature classes in 1973. Her holocaust programs were the first in
the nation and served as models for many other school systems. Dr. Rabinsky
is co-editor of The
Holocaust: Prejudice Unleashed and co-author of Journey
of Conscience: Young People Respond to the Holocaust and Teaching
for a Tolerant World. She was awarded a Mandel Fellowship of Holocaust
Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum and is currently a member of the Ohio
Council on Holocaust Education and the National
Council of Teachers of English Committee on
Teaching Genocide and Intolerance.
Alix Kates Shulman, B.A. History '53
Alix
Kates Shulman is the author of the popular novel, Memoirs
of an Ex Prom Queen, recently republished in the 25th
Anniversary Edition. An avid writer she has also penned numerous other
books, essays, and articles. Her most recent title, A
Good Enough Daughter, is a memoir exploring her journey home to Cleveland
to care for her ailing parents.
Joan Sugarman, B.A. English '42, M.S.L. '63
Joan Sugarman is the author of children's
books including the now out-of-print Snowflakes.
She also sponsors an award for new writers of children's literature.
Andrew Vachss, B.A. '65,
For nearly forty years, Andrew Vachss has worked relentlessly for a single cause: the protection of children. His early career included stints running a reentry center for ex-convicts and a juvenile prison, a period in which he came to the conclusion that has directed the rest of his life: "Child protection and crime prevention are inextricably intertwined." His New York City law and consulting practice, which he founded in 1976, is devoted exclusively to representing children. His acclaimed fiction, including the "Burke" series of novels, and nonfiction and textbook writing shine a bright light on the realities of child abuse—all the while advancing strategies to combat it. His lectures and website "The
Zero," are additional methods in his fight against people who hurt children. His ultimate goal, says Mr. Vachss, is a broad change in the attitudes toward child abuse and the laws meant to prevent it.
Lois Wyse, Political Science '48
Lois
Wyse is the best-selling author of numerous books including: Friend
to Friend: Letters Only a Woman Could Write; Funny,
You Don't Look Like a Grandmother; and Company
Manners: An Insider Tells how to Succeed in the Real World of Corporate Protocol
and Power Politics. She is also a cofounder of Cleveland's, Wyse
Advertising, the largest advertising agency in Ohio.
Roger J. Zelazny (1937-1995), B.A. English '59
Author Roger Zelazny,
was a pioneering writer of "New
Wave" science fiction, a genre that began focusing more on the psychology
of characters and imagination than on the harder sciences. During the course
of his career he published more than 150 short stories, and 50 books including
the renowned 10-volume Amber
Series. Popular with both fans and other writers he won many awards including
six Hugos from the World
Science Fiction Society and three Nebulas,
from the Science Fiction Writers of America.
In 1977 his novella Damnation Alley was into a film starring Jan-Michael
Vincent and George Peppard.
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