Claudia O'Keefe is the editor of the anthology "Mother, " praised as "a literary feast" "(USA Today), " and available from Pocket Books. Her newest anthology, "Father, " is forthcoming in trade paperback from Pocket Books. She is the author of the novels "Gawkers" and "Black Snow Days;" her short stories have appeared in several anthologies and magazines. Ms. O'Keefe is the granddaughter of Walter O'Keefe, a Broadway composer and radio legend of the 1940s.