Trivia

She won the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery Novel for her book "Dating Dead Men".

Got the nickname "Harley" from the motorcycle.

Released her second novel, "Dating is Murder", a follow-up to her tongue-in-cheek "Dating Dead Men". (March 2005)

Release of her fourth novel, "A Date You Can't Refuse". (2009)

Release of her third novel, "Dead Ex". (August 2007)

Her father was of Slovak descent. Her mother was of three quarters Norwegian and one quarter Swedish ancestry.

Gave birth to daughter Audrey on 9th of March 2000.

Worked zealously as a waitress at the original Garvin's Restaurant in Greenwich Village, NYC.

Was originally chosen to play "Karen Sammler" in Once and Again (1999). She filmed the pilot but, after that, she had to withdraw due to personal reasons (she had become pregnant). The part was recast with Susanna Thompson.

Played the daughter of Jason Robards in Parenthood (1989) and the daughter of his ex-wife Lauren Bacall in All I Want for Christmas (1991).

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1990" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 42. (1990)

Has three sisters: Mary, Dorothy and Ann, and four brothers: Andrew, John, Joseph and Peter.

In 2005, won Anthony Award for Best First Novel for "Dating Dead Men".

She gave birth to twins, son Lorenzo Robert Aldisert and daughter Giana Julia Aldisert, with Greg Aldisert, on May 30, 2002 in Los Angeles.

Attended Lincoln East High School in Lincoln, Nebraska, graduating in 1975.

Release of her first novel, "Dating Dead Men". (2004)

Profiled in an article by Jordan Rosenfeld in the April 2008 issue of Writer's Digest. (March 2008)