Was British barrister and detective story writer Sarah Caudwell or American writer Laurie Colwin known for her portrayals of New York society and food columns?
Laurie Colwin Laurie Colwin (June 14, 1944 – October 24, 1992) was an American writer who wrote five novels, three collections of short stories and two volumes of essays and recipes. She was known for her portrayals of New York society and her food columns in Gourmet magazine.
Montague Haltrecht Montague Haltrecht (27 February 1932 – 27 March 2010) was an English writer, literary critic, model and radio and TV presenter. Over the course of his literary career he wrote four novels, "Jonah and His Mother" (1964), "A Secondary Character" (1965), "The Devil is a Single Man" (1969) and "The Edgware Road" (1970), exploring different aspects of Jewish life, and a biography of Sir David Webster, "The Quiet Showman" (1975), along with several short stories and radio and TV plays. He won the Henfield Foundation Award for his first two novels and gained a BAFTA nomination for his TV play "Can You Hear Me Thinking?".