From the time she was ten years old Sylvia
Safran fantasized about Hollywood, sitting in darkened movie theaters with her friends entranced by the figures up on the white screen. As she grew older she continued to be fascinated with "Hollywood" and kept on top of daily gossip about her favorite stars. Her fantasies continued to be just that, fantasies of meeting and mingling with the elite of the giants who filled with silver screen. Her daydreams followed her into adulthood and one day she magically became one of "them"; the gossip columnists and entertainment journalists who sat face to face with the stars, lunching with them in a studio commisary , a glamourous restaurant such as The Polo Lounge and ocassionally their dressing rooms. Sometimes she would even be invited to conduct an interview in a celebrity's home.
From 1964 to 1973 Sylvia's byline appeared coast to coast in such publications as Photoplay, TV Radio Mirror,Modern Screen, Movie Stars and TV Star Parade. She frequently wrote articles in mega-giant Sterling Publications focusing on in-person interviews with an assortment of film and television stars. Her column Las Vegas Go-Round appeared monthly in TV Star Parade for three years.
When the celebrated Rona Barrett launched her own magazine in 1970, Sylvia joined the staff as Associate Editor. Included in her duties was interviewing and writing about Hollywood's established and on the way up film and television actors. She was sent on assignment to cover premiers, parties and an entertainment journalist's dream, The Golden Globe Awards and the Emmy awards ceremonies.
In 1973 a new publishing era was developing, that of health and nutrition. The editor/publisher of Bestways Magazine offered Sylvia a job of writing a monthly health and fitness feature on the top celebrities of the time.
Additionally, she was assigned to write a monthly beauty feature using her "other" by line of Sheri Paul. It was at that time that she became intrigued with the benefits of health spa vacations and has been a spa enthusiast and aficionado ever since. Hence the launching of her blog: SpaSmart.info on February 25, 2009.
From 1977-1991 Sylvia continued to freelance features focusing on the entertainment field with articles published in Coronet, Pageant, Ladies Home Companion, Big Valley and In The Know magazines dealing with the current "hot" celebrities of that era.
During that same time period, she was commissioned to write a biography of Kristy McNichol for Xerox, followed by two celebrity cookbooks focusing on favorite recipes and some home spun memories: The Partridge Family Cookbook (Curtis Publications) and The Walton Family Cookbook (Bantam).
In 1982 her (then) agent Writers House pesented Sylvia with an offer from St. Martin's Press,then signed her to a contract to write a biography of Burt Reynolds with whom she had become friends at the time.
Rounding out her fiction file, Sylvia wrote a trilogy of teen mysteries titled "Debbie Preston Teenage Reporter", (New American Library)each centered around a top television celebrity of the '70's.
Two erotic novels added to her fiction output : Heat Wave and Summer of Love written under different pen names.
Today Sylvia is working in tandem on books in four different venues in addition to her spa blog: Entertainment, Mainstream fiction, Romance and Erotica.
She is enthusiastic about each of her projects and enjoys the change of writing venue as it keeps her on her writing "toes".et soon.
She is hoping to sign with an agent who will help her get her projects out there.
Never far from her first love, Hollywood, sylvia is currently under contract to complete a book on Hollywood Heartthrobs for Bear Mountain Media.
