Hariette Surovell received a Combined BA/MA Degree in Creative Writing from City College of New York, where she studied with Kurt Vonnegut, Joseph Heller, Francine Du Plessix Gray and James Toback, and with E.L. Doctorow at Sarah Lawrence College.

She has taught writing and literature courses in five colleges, including a course she created for U.C. Berkeley, "Literature for Writers".

A professional graphologist, Hariette Surovell's Harper and Row book, "Lovestrokes: Handwriting Analysis for Love, Sex and Compatibility" is still selling steadily.
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 and fiction in almost every major national magazine. Surovell has been an "Exquisite Corpse" contributor since its conception and resurrection, and the resident film critic for the arts-only magazine "Cover".
After she turned to a life of crime-writing, three of her articles were optioned to become major motion pictures. Her original treatment, "The Accountant and the Stripper" is in development to become a "Showtime" movie-of-the-week starring William H. Macy.

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"

"I published a brilliant article by Hariette Surovell."
Ishmael Reed

"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 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

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