Phyllis Karas is a professor of journalism at Boston University, a stringer for People Magazine, and the author of ten books. Brutal was a NYT bestseller; The Onassis Woman, was the subject of a Dateline NBC Special. Her work has appeared in Vogue, Miami Herald, Boston Magazine and Moment Magazine, where her story on Kosher Slaughter received the Simon Rockower Award for Excellence. She has been interviewed on Extra, Hollywood Access and Hard Ball.