Carole Mallory is a critic, actress, and author.Among her film credits are the Stepford Wives and Looking for Mr Goodbar. As one of the original supermodels, she appeared on the covers of Cosmopolitan, New York Magazine, Newsweek, G.Q. and Esquire. In addition to her novel, Flash, her memoir, Loving Mailer, and Picasso's Ghost, Mallory has written journalistic pieces on figures such as Kurt Vonnegut, Erica Jong, Warren Beatty and Gore Vidal for publications such as Elle, LA Magazine, Esquire, Penthouse and Playboy. After Mailer's death Harvard purchased her papers documenting their multifaceted relationship. Today she is a critic for The Huffington Post, Hollywood's The Wrap and has reviewed Shield's biography of Kurt Vonnegut for The Philadelphia Inquirer. She teaches creative writing at Temple University and Rosemont College.