Marilyn Howard was a trailblazer who broke through the glass ceiling as an art director for Grey Advertising in NYC before launching a start-up in 1970. Creative Freelancers Inc. was the first to connect business with freelance artists and writers. It operated for over 25 years in Manhattan and was first agency on the internet in 1997. Marriage brought three teenage stepdaughters and two children of her own. In 1983, she was picked by ADWEEK magazine of New York as one of the top 12 women most likely to succeed. The author holds a B.F.A. from Syracuse University.
