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Susan Sandler is an American writer and professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. [1] She has numerous writing credits but is probably best known for her play Crossing Delancey , which she also adapted into a film with the same name starring Amy Irving and directed by Joan Micklin Silver.

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References

  1. "Sandler: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU". Filmtv.tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2011-07-09.