Karen Mack

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Karen Mack
Born
Karen Diane Mack

(1950-01-04) January 4, 1950 (age 73) [1]
Education University of California, Los Angeles (BA, JD)
Occupations
  • Attorney
  • television producer
  • novelist
Spouse Russell Goldsmith
ChildrenBrian Goldsmith
Parent(s) Jerome D. Mack
Joyce Rosenberg
Relatives Nate Mack (paternal grandfather)
Bram Goldsmith (father-in-law)

Karen Diane Mack [1] (born January 4, 1950) is an American television producer for CBS and co-author of three novels from Los Angeles, California.

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Early life

Karen Mack grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. [2] Her father, Jerome D. Mack, was a banker and real estate investor. [2] [3] When she was nine years old, he named Karen Avenue in Las Vegas after her. [2] Her mother, née Joyce Rosenberg, was a philanthropist. [4] Her paternal grandfather was the co-founder of the Bank of Las Vegas. She was raised in a Jewish household, with her father serving as president of Temple Beth Sholom. [3]

Mack graduated cum laude graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. [5] She then received a Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law. [5]

Career

Mack started her career as an entertainment attorney for Lorimar Television and Republic Studios. [5] Later, she started producing television programs and movies. [5] She is the executive producer of A Home for the Holidays on CBS. [6] In 2008, the program won the Television Academy Honors from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. [5]

Mack is also the co-author of three novels with Jennifer Kaufman. [6] The first novel, published in 2006, was Number 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List. [5] It talks about a bored young woman in West Los Angeles, who spends her time reading fiction to escape reality. [7] [8] The second novel, published in 2007, is about a thirty-year-old widow from Topanga Canyon who never finished high school and lies on her resume to get a job. [9] The third novel, published in 2014, is about Sigmund Freud's sister-in-law, Minna Bernays, who moves in with her sister and Freud after she loses her job; soon, she becomes Freud's mistress. [10] [11]

Mack has been a contributor to The Los Angeles Times Magazine. [12]

Political activity

Mack hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. [13]

Personal life

Mack is married to Russell Goldsmith, the chairman and chief executive officer of City National Bank. [7] They reside in Los Angeles, California. [7] They have a son, Brian Goldsmith, who worked as a producer on the CBS Evening News and as an assistant to Katie Couric. [6]

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  2. 1 2 3 Lisa Carter, Karen Avenue named for Thomas & Mack co-developer's daughter, Las Vegas Review-Journal , March 6, 2012
  3. 1 2 LV civic leader Mack dies, Las Vegas Sun , September 28, 1998
  4. UNLV Foundation: A Conversation with Joyce Mack, May 13, 2013
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Book Reporter: Karen Mack
  6. 1 2 3 Rosalie R. Radomsky, Claire Pasternack and Brian Goldsmith, The New York Times , August 27, 2010
  7. 1 2 3 Mimi Avins, All they ask is that you don't think pink, The Los Angeles Times , July 10, 2006
  8. Janet Maslin, Chick Lit That Mixes Voltaire With Vogue, The New York Times, June 19, 2006
  9. Cindy Crosby, Review of A Version of the Truth, The Book Reporter, April 25, 2011
  10. Jane Krebs, Review of Freud's Mistress, The Book Reporter, July 26, 2013
  11. Jonathan Kirsch, ‘Freud’s Mistress’: A psychiatric affair, Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles , July 24, 2013
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