Harley Jane Kozak is an actress-turned-writer. She was born in Pennsylvania, the youngest of 8 children. When she was a baby, her father died and her mother moved the family to Nebraska to teach music. Harley first appeared onstage at the age of 5, and at 19 moved to New York to attend NYU's Graduate Acting Program, later starring in 3 soaps, 10 feature films, and numerous TV series. In the early 2000's she gave birth to 3 children and a novel, and the rest, as they say, is history.