Joan Gould

Joan Gould (February 27, 1927 – August 20, 2022) was an American author and journalist. As a freelance journalist in the 1960s, Gould contributed articles to publications such as ''Esquire'' ''Life'', ''Sports Illustrated'', ''McCall's'' and ''The New York Times''. She helped to plan and was the inaugural columnist of the ''Times'' "Hers" column, for "intelligent, involved women".

Her first book, ''Otherborn'' (1980), was a science fiction novel for young adults. She has also published ''Spirals: A Woman's Journey Through Family Life'' (1988) and ''Spinning Straw into Gold: What Fairy Tales Reveal About the Transformations in a Woman's Life'' (2005). Provided by Wikipedia