Joanna Romer is the author of WIDOW: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE FIRST YEAR; THE WIDOWER'S GUIDE TO A NEW LIFE (nominated for a Book-of-the-Year award); CREATIVE AGING: A BABY BOOMER'S GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL LIVING (co-authored with Cheryl Vassiliadis); and DIVORCED! SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES FOR SINGLES OVER FORTY. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle and other publications. With her late husband, Jack Milton, she wrote and produced the 1972 feature film, "Please Stand By". Romer taught communications at colleges and universities in Florida and New York for 16 years, and currently lives in Daytona Beach, Florida.