Victoria Riskin is a distinguished writer, producer, and former psychologist who has made significant contributions to both television and human rights advocacy. She adapted Willa Cather’s My Ántonia for television and produced Carson McCullers’s The Member of the Wedding and The Last Best Year, drawing from her expertise as a psychologist. Riskin served as president of the Writers Guild of America West and spent twelve years as a director of Human Rights Watch. She resides on Martha’s Vineyard with her husband, writer David W. Rintels.
Fay Wray and Robert Riskin | A Hollywood Memoir by Victoria Riskin tells the intertwined story of two Hollywood stars. A Hollywood love story, a Hollywood memoir, a dual biography of two of Hollywood’s most famous figures, whose golden lives were lived at the center of Hollywood’s golden age, written by their daughter, an acclaimed writer and producer.
Peter and Amy Bernstein founded Bernstein Literary Agency in 2009. For over two decades, we have worked with over 100 brilliant authors around the globe and across a gamut of subjects to get their books published, and their stories told. We typically work on non-fiction projects, but we have helped bring many fiction books, children’s books, and the occasional cookbook to market. We work with authors in all stages of their careers, from experienced, award-winning, and bestselling ones to debut writers ready to take on the world.
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