Lacey Fosburgh that publication and others, notably covering the Patty Hearst/Symbionese Liberation Army case from 1974 to 1976, and the Peoples Temple case in 1978. She was also one of the few people to interview reclusive author J. D. Salinger, in 1974. She taught journalism at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1977, Fosburgh—appropriating the title of Judith Rossner's acclaimed best-selling novel, "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1975)--published her first book, "Closing Time: The True Story of the "Goodbar" Murder", the story of the 1973 slaying of young schoolteacher Roseann Quinn, which Fosburgh had covered for "The New York Times". The book
Looking for Mr. Goodbar sparked her interest, that of schoolteacher Roseann Quinn who had been brutally slain in January 1973 by a man she had purportedly picked up in a singles bar. In the end, "Esquire", fearing legal ramifications, declined to publish the article, so Rossner decided to write a novel instead. "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" was published by Simon & Schuster on June 2, 1975, to positive reviews. Carol Eisen Rinzler, in "The New York Times", said the book was "a complex and chilling portrait of a woman's descent into hell... full of insight and intelligence and illumination." "Time" magazine wrote, "it is