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
Mr. Wrong unfunny" from the point when after Martha dumps Whitman after seeing his true persona and he then begins stalking her and literally destroys her personal and professional life while continuing to fool everyone around her with his good-guy charade. Rita Kempley, writing for "The Washington Post", assessed the film a "sour, listless debunking of romantic comedies, ... [with] fewer laughs than "Looking for Mr. Goodbar"" and laments that "Ellen DeGeneres, a comedian and sitcom star in her film debut, [who] is ostensibly the protagonist here" does not control the action, but her character "merely reacts to [Whitman's] twists and turn-ons".