A journalist and documentary filmmaker, Reggie Nadelson is the author of the Artie Cohen novels, including "Londongrad, Fresh Kills", "Red Hook", "Disturbed Earth", "Red Hot Blues", "Hot Poppies", "Bloody London", and "Sex Dolls". "Comrade Rockstar", her biography of Dean Reed, the American emigre who became the biggest rock star in the Soviet Union, is under option to Tom Hanks. Born in Greenwich Village, Nadelson now lives in downtown Manhattan.