Karen Mack

Early life Karen Mack grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. Her father, Jerome D. Mack, was a banker and real estate investor. When she was nine years old, he named Karen Avenue in Las Vegas after her. Her paternal grandfather was the co-founder of the Bank of Las Vegas. She was raised in a Jewish household, with her father serving as president of Temple Beth Sholom. She then received a Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law. In 2008, the program won the Television Academy Honors from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The second novel, published in 2007, is about a thirty-year-old widow from Topanga Canyon who never finished high school and lies on her resume to get a job. The third novel, published in 2014, is about Sigmund Freud's sister-in-law, Minna Bernays, who moves in with her sister and Freud after she loses her job; soon, she becomes Freud's mistress.

Mack has been a contributor to The Los Angeles Times Magazine.

Political activity Mack hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

Personal life Mack is married to Russell Goldsmith, the chairman and chief executive officer of City National Bank. They reside in Los Angeles, California. They have a son, Brian Goldsmith, who worked as a producer on the CBS Evening News and as an assistant to Katie Couric.