Betty Gordon is perhaps the world’s most unlikely first-time children’s book author. For decades she lived at the center of a bohemian New York that has long ago faded into mythology. A glamorous and witty feminist — friends describe her as a modern-day Mae West crossed with Dorothy Parker — Betty mingled with artists, writers and entertainers. She even had a romance with one of the most famous undercover cops of all time. It may seem an odd way to start a writing career, but Betty had her reasons.

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Persons: Betty Gordon, Mae West, Dorothy Parker, Betty, Phoebe, ”, “ Locations: New York