Karen Diane MackCalifornia Birth Index /ref> (born January 4, 1950) is an American television producer for '' CBS'' and co-author of three novels from
Los Angeles, California
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.
Early life
Karen Mack grew up in
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Las Vegas Review-Journal
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The ''Review-Journal'' ...
'', March 6, 2012 Her father, Jerome D. Mack, was a banker and real estate investor.LV civic leader Mack dies ''
Las Vegas Sun
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'', September 28, 1998 When she was nine years old, he named Karen Avenue in Las Vegas after her. Her mother, née Joyce Rosenberg, was a philanthropist.UNLV Foundation: A Conversation with Joyce Mack May 13, 2013 Her paternal grandfather was the co-founder of the Bank of Las Vegas. She was raised in a Jewish household, with her father serving as president of Temple Beth Sholom.
Mack graduated cum laude graduate from the
University of California, Los Angeles
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(UCLA), where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.Book Reporter: Karen Mack /ref> She then received a Juris Doctor from the
UCLA School of Law
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.
Career
Mack started her career as an entertainment attorney for
Lorimar Television
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The New York Times
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The Los Angeles Times
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'', July 10, 2006Janet Maslin Chick Lit That Mixes Voltaire With Vogue ''The New York Times'', June 19, 2006 The second novel, published in 2007, is about a thirty-year-old widow from Topanga Canyon who never finished high school and lies on her resume to get a job.Cindy Crosby Review of A Version of the Truth ''The Book Reporter'', April 25, 2011 The third novel, published in 2014, is about
Sigmund Freud
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's sister-in-law, Minna Bernays, who moves in with her sister and Freud after she loses her job; soon, she becomes Freud's mistress.Jane Krebs Review of Freud's Mistress ''The Book Reporter'', July 26, 2013Jonathan Kirsch ‘Freud’s Mistress’: A psychiatric affair '' Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles'', July 24, 2013
Mack has been a contributor to ''The Los Angeles Times Magazine''.The Los Angeles Times Magazine: Contributors /ref>
Political activity
Mack hosted a fundraiser for
Hillary Clinton
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's
2016 presidential campaign
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January
*7 January: Kir ...
Los Angeles, California
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. They have a son, Brian Goldsmith, who worked as a producer on the '' CBS Evening News'' and as an assistant to Katie Couric.
Bibliography
*''Literacy and Longing in LA'' (2006).
*''A Version of the Truth'' (2007).
*''Freud's Mistress (2014).