Bernard F. Dick, Teaneck, New Jersey, attended the University of Scranton and Fordham University, from which he received a PhD in classical philology. He has taught classics, world literature, film, and writing during his fifty years in higher education. He has also written a number of books, including "Forever Mame: The Life of Rosalind Russell", "Claudette Colbert: She Walked in Beauty", and "Hollywood Madonna: Loretta Young" in University Press of Mississippi's Hollywood Legends Series.