T. Gertler
{{short description|American novelist and freelance writer (born 1946)}}
Trudy Gertler (born 1946)T. Gertler (1984). Elbowing the Seducer. London: Abacus, 1986. Author profile on p. i. is an American novelist and freelance writer.
Born in New York City, she is the author of several short stories and the screenplay for the film Convention Girls (1978). She has written one novel, Elbowing the Seducer, which was published in 1984. As a writer, she uses only the initial letter of her given name (Trudy), because she does not want to be "prejudged by gender".Nan Robertson (June 14, 1984). [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/14/arts/self-professed-worrier-whose-writing-shocks.html "Self-professed Worrier Whose Writing Shocks"]. The New York Times. The novel's reissue uses the nom de plume Wyatt Harlan.Publisher's page. [https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Wyatt-Harlan/194329161]. Simon and Schuster
Gertler has also contributed to several prominent publications such as Esquire, Rolling Stone, and New York Woman. Her short story "In Case of Survival" was chosen for publication in The Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories in 1980.
Gertler is a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Authors Guild, and P.E.N.
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Sources
- Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2009. Reproduced in [http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Biography Resource Center]. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2009.
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081016092840/http://wiredforbooks.org/tgertler/ 1984 interview with T. Gertler]}} by Don Swaim at Wired for Books
External links
- [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501EEDE1138F934A35756C0A962948260 Review of Elbowing the Seducer] at the New York Times
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Category:20th-century American novelists
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Category:American women novelists
Category:Writers from New York City
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