Leah D Frank graduated from Queen Anne High School in Seattle, WA, in 1962, then moved to Germany where her father was Exec Officer at Landsthul Army Medical Center. In 1965 she moved to New York City and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Fordham University at Lincoln Center. She has been involved with theater in one way or another for most of her life, primarily as a drama critic. She was the first woman to write drama criticism on a regular basis for The New York Times and wrote weekly for the Sunday edition’s Long Island Section for several years. She also taught various English/drama/film courses at Columbia and Fordham Universities. Her book Facing Forward was published by Broadway Play Publishing.