Hariette Surovell

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Her first publication, at the age of 16, was the New York Times Op Ed piece, "Most Girls Just Pray". She has since published articles in every major national magazine.

Hariette Surovell has also taught writing and literature courses in five colleges, including a course she created, "Literature for Writers".

She was the speechwriter for Vilma S. Martinez, President of the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), as well as for Sister Collette Mahoney, President of Marymount Manhattan College. Hariette Surovell's daily radio show, "Coping With" ran for four years on NBC Radio. She also worked as in-house advertising copywriter for RCA Records, and created original publicity and promotional materials for Polygram, Columbia and Epic Records.

In 1982, she became a founding editor of "Exquisite Corpse". Her true-life serial tale, "The Men's Planet" has been excerpted in two anthologies, "The Stiffest of the Corpse" (City Lights, 1989) and "Thus Spake the Corpse" (Black Sparrow, 2000 ). Currently, Hariette Surovell is "Exquisite Corpse's" Media Critic. Other short stories have been published by "Fiction", "Between C and D", "Sun", "Downtown" and "Soho Arts Weekly".

As chief film critic for the arts-only "Cover" magazine, Hariette Surovell interviewed hundreds of filmmakers, directors, writers and actors, and reviewed as many films.

In the mid-1980's, Hariette Surovell turned to a life of crimewriting. "Chinatown Cosa Nostra" was cited on Capitol Hill, resulting in changes in federal government policy. President Herbert Walker Bush cited her interview with the DEA's spokesperson Robert Stutman as his "favorite article of the year". "Untrue Blue" was optioned to become a major motion picture by Disney, and her film treatment, "The Accountant and the Stripper" was twice optioned by Paramount Pictures and is in development with actor William H. Macy.

In addtion to her film reviews, magazine articles and short stories, Hariette Surovell is currently writing a sequel to her best-selling graphology book, "Lovestrokes: Handwriting Analysis for Love, Sex and Compatibility" (Harper and Row, 1987). Find out more on Hariette's Handwriting Analysis Page.

She is also working on Part Two of her article "Poor Little Rich Thugs", which was originally published in salon.com.

What others had to say about Hariette Surovell:

"Hariette Surovell is one of the living greats,"
Andrei Codrescu, Editor, "Exquisite Corpse"

"Hariette Surovell is inimitable, superb,"
Andrei Codrescu, "Exquisite Corpse"

"Hariette Surovell at the website Exquisite Corpse (A Journal of Letters and Life ) has a truly AMAZING list of 10 movies,"
SExyEx.com

"Hariette Surovell's best piece is the terrific 'Poor Little Rich Thugs', published in Salon.com,"
Marianna Scheffer

"Hariette Surovell is the author of an original, richly detailed Webzine report she gathered over the past four years and that she called 'Queenpins of the Cali Cartel.',"
Gloria Cooper, Managing Editor, "Columbia Journalism Review"

"Hariette Surovell is a seasoned investigative reporter,"
Cynthia Cotts, "The Village Voice"

"Ms. Surovell discusses Lamott's past articles and it's abundantly clear that Lamott needs professional help and lots of it."
-- christianjb salon.com discussion board

"Heroes: Hariette Surovell",
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