Mildred Spitz Savage is an author known for her best-selling novel, Parrish. The second of three children, she was born in New London, Connecticut to Ezekiel and Sachia Spitz. In 1937, she enrolled at Wellesley College, (Wellesley, MA) graduating in 1941 with a Bachelor's Degree in History. Soon after graduating, she married Bernard Savage and moved to Norwich, CT.