Widow Waltz (Koslow)

Author Bio
• Birth—N/A
• Where—Fargo, North Dakota, USA
• Education—University of Wisconsin
• Currently—lives in New York City, New York


Sally was born and raised in Fargo, North Dakota. While editing her high school newspaper and interning on her hometown newspaper, she dreamed of someday landing a job in publishing. The dream came true. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, she moved to New York and was hired by Mademoiselle magazine....

Rising in the ranks at Mademoiselle and other magazines, she became the editor-in-chief of McCall’s in 1994. At the time, MaCall's was the country’s oldest women’s magazine. Eight years later, Sally became "corporate editor" when the magazine was transformed into the short-lived Rosie, edited by the celebrity Rosie O’Donnell. Later that year Sally went on to create a magazine prototype for Lifetime Television for Women, owned by Disney and Hearst Magazines, and became the first editor-in-chief of the magazine, which was called Lifetime.

Writing
After the job at Lifetime ended, Sally signed up for a workshop in the hopes of learning to write a book. Her first submimssion to the workshop became her first chapter in her first book, Lirtle Pink Slips, in 2007. Her second novel, The Late, Lamented Molly Marx, followed in 2009 and With Frinds Like These in 2010.

Slouching Toward Adulthood: Observations to the Not-So-Empty Nest, published in 2012, is her first non-fiction book.  It grew out of observations of her two sons and their friends as they moved into adulthood. Her novel, The Widow Waltz, published in 2013, is Sally's fifth book.

In addition to her books, Sally has contributed essays and articles to O the Oprah Magazine, More, Real Simple, Ladies’ Home Journal, Health, Reader’s Digest, and Good Housekeeping. She has also contributed to two anthologies, Dirt: The Quirks, Habits and Passions of Keeping House and Wedding Cake for Breakfast, where writers recount their first year of marriage.

On TV she has been featured on Today, Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, Fox & Friends, Good Day New York, and news programs affiliated with MSNBC, CNN, and CNBC. Sally has lectured at Yale University, Columbia University, New York University, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin, and other colleges, professional associations, community and synagogue groups.

Sally has taught at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College and is on the faculty of the New York Writer’s Workshop. She is married to Robert Koslow, her college boyfriend. They are the parents of Jed Koslow, an attorney, and Rory Koslow, who works in the film industry. (Adapted from the author's website.)