A History of Women Photographers (1994) Martha Rosler (B.A. 1965), artist active in video, photo-text, installation, and performance Norman Rosten (B.A. 1935), poet, playwright, novelist, Poet Laureate of Brooklyn (1979–1995) Matthue Roth (M.F.A. 2014), columnist, author, poet, spoken word performer, video game designer, and screenwriter. Theodore Isaac Rubin (B.A. 1946), psychiatrist and author; wrote story for the film David and Lisa (1962) Howard Sackler (B.A. 1950), Pulitzer Prize-winning screenwriter and playwright, known for 1967 play The Great White Hope Ellen R. Sandor (B.A. 1963), new media artist and photography collector; proponent of PHSColograms, art that combines photography, holography, sculpture, and computer graphics Kristina "Tina" Satter (M.F.A. 2008), playwright and director Sapphire (M.F.A. 1995), author and performance poet, author of the novel Push (1996) Millicent Selsam (B.A. 1932), children's author Irwin Shaw (born Irwin Shamforoff; B.A. 1934), playwright, screenwriter, and short-story author and novelist (The Young Lions, Rich Man, Poor Man); winner of two O. Henry Awards Sara Shepard (M.F.A. 2005), author known for the bestselling Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game book series; both were developed into television series on ABC Family Shraga Silverstein (B.A. 1940, M.A. 1954) Rabbi, educator and prolific author and translator Walter Skolnik (B.A. 1955), composer and musical educator Jan Slepian (B.A. 1971), author of books for children and young adult fiction Robert Kimmel Smith (B.A. 1951), children's author, known for Chocolate Fever (1972) and Jane's House (1982) Sasson Soffer (B.A. 1954), abstract painter and sculptor Gilbert Sorrentino (B.A. 1957), novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, and editor Laurie Spiegel (B.A. 1975), electronic-music composer, inventor Ed Spielman (A.A. 1965), writer and producer, one of the creators of the TV series Kung Fu; also creator of the TV series The Young Riders and Dead Man's Gun Jason Starr (M.F.A. 1990), Anthony Award- and Barry Award-winning author of crime fiction novels and thrillers Claire Sterling (B.A. 1940), author and journalist, author of The Terror Network (1981) Ronald Tavel (B.A. 1957), screenwriter, director, novelist, poet and actor, known for his work with Andy Warhol and The Factory David Trinidad (M.F.A. 1990), poet Alan Vega (B.A. 1960), vocalist for 1970s and 80s electronic protopunk duo Suicide Jericho Vincent (B.A. 2007), author and memoirist; Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood (2014) Chiqui Vicioso (B.A. 1979), poet, writer, sociologist and Dominican diplomat Malvin Wald (B.A. 1936), screenwriter, authored the 1948 police drama The Naked City Nari