A successful New York apparel executive, he switched gears in midlife and became a novelist, writing numerous best sellers, including five with James Patterson.
Her new novella, “Rosarita,” takes place in Mexico, a country she finds so like her native India that, she says, “I feel utterly at home there.”
Her hits included “The Exorcist” and “The Thorn Birds,” as well as the autobiography of Betty Ford and an authorized biography of Warren Buffett.