First-time novelist Laurie Graff is an actress whose credits include Broadway, off-Broadway, regional theater, national tours and commercials. Laurie has performed the story Shiksa Syndrome at the WorkShop Theater Company, where she is a member. Her one-act play, Charlie & Flo, received a PSNBC production, and two pieces are published in The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 1999 (Smith & Kraus).