- When Simon & Schuster accepted "First Wives Club" for publication, Goldsmith threw a party for all the top people in publishing, and decorated the room with all her rejection letters.
- Born Randy Goldfield and changed her legal name to Justine Rendal. Wrote under the pen name of Olivia Goldsmith.
- Her first novel was turned into the feature film The First Wives Club (1996).
- Grew up in Dumont, New Jersey, and graduated from New York University. Was a management consultant and one of the first female partners at the firm Booz Allen Hamilton before leaving to pursue a writing career.
- Author of 5 bestselling books about womens' lives, including "The First Wives Club," which sold more than a million copies, was turned into a movie which earned more than $150 million, and made the cover of Time magazine.
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