![]() In 1980, she published her first novel, Boys in the Mailroom (1980), which examined the life of four men attempting to earn their spot in Hollywood by first working in the mailroom of a major studio. Dart's early career in the television industry certainly helped her in examining how the entertainment business worked, and also shaped some of her early novels. By 1976, she had obtained the only female writing position on the Sonny and Cher Show. While in her junior year, Dart collaborated with Stephen Schwartz, an Oscar-winning songwriter-to-be, on a play that she wrote for the Carnegie Mellon student-run Scotch 'n' Soda Theatre.Īfter graduating from Carnegie Mellon, Dart moved to California and began working in the television writing industry. After graduating from Taylor Allderdice High School in 1962, she moved on to the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) to pursue a BAin acting. When she was five, she acted in the Pittsburgh Playhouse Theater. ![]() Her aspirations to work in the entertainment business started early. She was raised by her mother Rose, an immigrant from Russia, and her father Harry, from Lithuania. ![]() Novelist Iris Rainer Dart grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ![]()
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