by Nina Malkin | Jan 15, 2024
When my literary agent made the brilliant suggestion that I collaborate with one of her other clients, a former supermodel, it sounded like an awesome project. The glamour girl would tell stories from her life; I’d fictionalize them into a Young Adult book series....
by Nina Malkin | Jan 2, 2024
When I was growing up, if an intoxicant was offered, I just said yes. I took my first toke at a rock concert in Central Park. Jefferson Airplane (that’s Airplane, not Starship). I was 12 years old. It required a few more hits on a few more occasions for me to actually...
by Nina Malkin | Oct 25, 2023
In 1972, CBS aired the groundbreaking All in the Family episode about Edith Bunker going through “the change.” I was a tender 13 at the time, yet “Edith’s Problem” really struck me—and came back to me four decades later when menopause loomed. I wondered if my...
by Nina Malkin | Jan 3, 2023
When I was growing up, if an intoxicant was offered, I just said yes. I took my first toke at a rock concert in Central Park. Jefferson Airplane (that’s Airplane, not Starship). I was 12 years old. It required a few more hits on a few more occasions for me to actually...
by Nina Malkin | Dec 14, 2022
The first feline entered my life was when I was a kid; her name was Pudding. Ever since, cats have been coming and going from my life. In the early ’80s, I adopted Whoopie, and over the next 20 years I often wondered why I loved my cat so much. Besides being a...