Linda Stewart, who’s been nominated for Edgar and Agatha awards, has written "something of everything"--17 published novels and novelizations (under her own name and a variety of pseudonyms); television dramas and documentaries, magazine journalism, newspaper book reviews (Washington Post and Chi Trib, among others); advertising copy (at 4A agencies and, later, freelance), and lyrics, sketches and special material for nightclubs and Off-Broadway. She has also taught writing and literature courses at The School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Her novels have been reviewed by The New York Times Sunday Book Review, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, New York Newsday, The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, January Magazine, and TV Guide, among many others. Her biography appears in “Contemporary Authors” Vol. 101; “Who’s Who in Entertainment,” (1988-1993) and “Voyage au bout de la Noire” Gallimard, Paris, 1986.
She is the niece of Morrie Ryskind, the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright ("Of Thee I Sing") and screenwriter (most of the Marx Brothers movies) and was married to screenwriter Donald Stewart ("Jackson County Jail," "Hunt for Red October," and "Missing," among others).
Movie tie-in magazine, full of b/w photos printed on pulpy paper. Half of the magazine is a heavily illustrated run through of the plot. Then a few pages about the major stars. Then a brief account of the making of the film, which is at least informative, but not enough space to be in depth. Considering this was a big budget disaster movie which used an actual 747 rather than any models, a book would have been more welcome than a magazine.