Olivia Goldsmith

Olivia Goldsmith (1949 - January 15, 2004) was an American author, best known for her first novel The First Wives Club (1992). She was born Randy Goldfield in Dumont, New Jersey, but changed her name to Justine Goldfield and later to Justine Rendal. She took up writing following a divorce in which she said her husband got almost everything (including her Jaguar and the country house). Before becoming a writer, she was a partner at the management consultants Booz Allen Hamilton in New York.

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1949 - January 15 - 2004 - American - Author - The First Wives Club - Dumont, New Jersey - Jaguar - Booz Allen Hamilton

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Many of her books can be described as revenge fantasies; a constant theme is the mistreatment of women by the men they love, but with the women coming out the winners in the end.

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Controversially, in late 1996 (the same in which that the film version of The First Wives Club was released and earned over $100 million at the box office), Goldsmith said, in response to an Entertainment Weekly reporter's question, that her favorite event of 1996 was when Bob Dole fell off a stage during a campaign function.

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1996 - Box office - Entertainment Weekly - Bob Dole

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She also wrote several books for children, which were published under the name "Justine Rendal."

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Goldsmith died from complications from plastic surgery. Her final two books will be published posthumously.

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