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Olivia Goldsmith

  • It was considered very bad form to wish authors on their birthdays 'many happy returns.'

  • It was funny, Camilla thought, that people were so reluctant to lend one money when it was needed and so eager to when it was not.

Olivia Goldsmith, U.S. writer

(1949 - 2004)

Born: Randy Goldfield. Legally changed name to Justine Rendal.