She has a son, David Mulholland, from a brief and impetuous first marriage. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, television writer/producer Carleton Eastlake, who over fifteen years ago fell for a Southern belle and taught her that marriage is not the root of all suffering after all.
Novels
The Southern Belle's Handbook (1975)
The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc (2001)
The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell (2005)
The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc (2001)
The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell (2005)
Loraine Despres recommends
My Summer of Southern Discomfort (2007)
Stephanie Gayle
"Uppity southern women everywhere will find kindred spirits in My Summer of Southern Discomfort. The quirky characters are ones you won't soon forget."