| Shaimaa Saied |
An American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist, born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Her father was a buyer for a department store. He and Vera's mother were second-generation German and Russian Jewish immigrants. After she graduated from high school in 1917, her father enrolled her in a six-month course of business school, and by January 1918, she worked as a stenographer. She produced articles for publications such as Finger Print Magazine and Dance Lovers Magazine, based in New York. She's best known for her novel "Laura," which was adapted into the 1944 film of the same name. She died on June 13, 1987, in New York, USA.
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