Elaine Kraf

Elaine Joan Kraf (February 21, 1936 – June 26, 2013) was an American novelist, short story writer, and painter from New York City. She wrote ''I Am Clarence'', ''The Princess of 72nd Street'', and the experimental novel, ''Find Him!'', a "brilliant spatial meditation of the abstract machine of femininity." She was the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts awards, a 1971 fellowship at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and a 1977 residency at Yaddo. Her artwork was exhibited in, among other places, the Ward-Nasse Gallery in SoHo, Manhattan.

Kraf was born on February 21, 1936, in New York City. She was the daughter of Harry Kraf and the cousin of Marvin Sylvor. Kraf and her husband, Martin Altman, had one daughter, Milena. Provided by Wikipedia