Michael Lassell, writing in the
Advocate in 1991, invited readers to meet Scoppettone, "comfortably ensconced in the SoHo loft she shares with her lover of [twenty] years, writer Linda Crawford, and two bushy felines named Nick and Nora. The award-winning author of [thirteen] novels--including three mysteries written under the pseudonym Jack Early--is 55 but looks 40. She's short and half Italian, a recovering alcoholic with 18 years sobriety, and an out lesbian since 1954."
Growing up in South Orange, New Jersey, Scoppettone knew as early as the age of five that she wanted to be a writer. And right from the start, her parents encouraged this ambition. "They gave me the feeling that I could do this," recalls Scoppettone in her interview. "They certainly encouraged it and said I could do whatever I wanted and were very supportive the whole time." An only child, Scoppettone remembers being both active and reserved, depending on the situation. "When I was with other kids I certainly was active," she observes. "When I would come in after playing I was all alone. My mother was there, and later my father, but there were no other children for me to play with, so I used my imagination a great deal to make up stuff."
One thing that set Scoppettone apart from other children was the overprotectiveness of her parents, especially that of her father.
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