and sometimes shouting or acting out rage". After the novel was published, Bindrim sued Davis and Doubleday & Company for libel, on the grounds that it had defamed him. Davis claimed she had used her real-life experiences to inspire fiction, but that Bindrim was not the psychologist in her fictional story, and did not resemble him—the character she depicted was overweight, looked like Santa Claus, and had a Ph.D. When the case came to trial, Bindrim, who had previously been bald and clean shaven, and who held only a master's degree, had by then gained weight, grown a white beard, and been granted a Ph.D. from International College in Westwood, California. (Founded in 1970, International College claimed it had "no classrooms, no lecture halls, no resident faculty." An unaccredited institution, it is now out of existence.) These changes made him appear like the psychologist in the book. He won his lawsuit against Davis and her publisher, Doubleday. Doubleday then sued Davis for not disclosing her contractual agreement with Bindrim not to write about the psychotherapy event. Because of the Bindrin precedent, American novelists in America became very concerned about the possibility of lawsuits against writers who used real people as the basis for their fiction. Eventually, Davis settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed amount. Bibliography Naked in Babylon, 1960 Someone's in the Kitchen with Dinah, 1962 The War Babies, 1966 Sweet William, 1967 The Pretenders, 1969 Touching, 1971 Kingdom Come, 1972 Changes, 1973 The Motherland, 1974 How to Survive in Suburbia When Your Hearts in the Himalayas, 1976 The Aristocrats, 1977 Ladies in Waiting, 1979 Marriage, 1981 Romance, 1983 Silk Lady, 1986 The Princess and the Pauper: An Erotic Fairy Tale, 1989 Jade, 1991 Happy at the Bel Air, 1996 West of Paradise, 1998 Lovesong, 2000 Scandal, 2011 The Daughter of God, 2012 Film and television writing credits "Desperate Intruder," 1983 (TV) "Better Late Than Never," 1982 "What a Way to Go!," 1964 Television and film roles and appearances Davis appeared in Rich and Famous, 1981, as a party guest. She was interviewed many times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1971–1972, and on David Frost and the Virginia Graham Show. References External links Davis' Official Website, The Only Gwen Davis' Official Blog, Report From the Front Davis' Blog, Will Blog for Broadway 1936 births 20th-century American novelists Living people 21st-century American novelists Writers from New York City