author : Joseph Olshanwebsite : http://www.josepholshan.com/facebook : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Joseph-Olshan/269688983053014?rf=106560222880610Joseph Olshan is the award-winning author of eight novels. His first novel was Clara's Heart, which went on to be made into a film starring Whoopi Goldberg. His other novels include Nightswimmer and In Clara's Hands. In addition he has written extensively for newspapers and magazines and for several years was a professor of Creative Writing at New York University. He spends most of the year in Vermont.