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Rita lakin born january 24, 1930 is an american screenwriter, active from around 1962 to 1981. Rita lakin has written 464 episodes, eight movies of the week, and two miniseries, spanning 30 television productions. Suspension of disbelief an interview with author rita lakin so, rita, what drove you to write a totally unbelievable series. Lisa unger is a wonderful psychological thriller author with close to 20 books published to date. Im afraid this will be our new home for months, she said. Rita is the author of the gladdy gold mystery series and her recently released memoir, the only woman in the room. Rita lakin was a pioneer, a female scriptwriter in the early 1960s when hollywood television was exclusively male.
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