When Simon & Schuster accepted "First Wives Club" for publication,
Goldsmith threw a party for all the top people in publishing, and
decorated the room with all her rejection letters.
Born Randy Goldfield and changed her legal name to Justine Rendal.
Wrote under the pen name of Olivia Goldsmith.
Grew up in Dumont, New Jersey, and graduated from New York University.
Was a management consultant and one of the first female partners at the
firm Booz Allen Hamilton before leaving to pursue a writing
career.
Author of 5 bestselling books about womens' lives, including "The First
Wives Club," which sold more than a million copies, was turned into a
movie which earned more than $150 million, and made the cover of Time
magazine.