Susan Jane Gilman is the best­selling author of Hyp­ocrite in a Pouffy White Dress, Kiss My Tiara, Undress Me in the Tem­ple of Heav­en,  and the nov­el The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street. She has pro­vid­ed com­men­tary for NPR and writ­ten for the New York Times, Los Ange­les Times, and Ms. Mag­a­zine among others.