A few of the women in the League thought it would be daring to have the biannual fundraiser out of town. Leslie Van Houten disagreed. It was always held at the Van Houten Mansion. It was tradition to have it at her home – her family’s home, she meant to say. That was just how it was done.
Katie Singer has an MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University and is a lecturer in the department of English, Communication, and Philosophy at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey.
Her writing consists of short stories, poems and essays and she has published in various literary journals and newspapers including the Paterson Literary Review and The New York Times.