gained entree into book publishing by writing a letter of application to Simon & Schuster in the form of a poem that presented her qualifications while weaving in the names of the company's top writers and book titles.Initially employed as a secretary to Richard Simon, one of the company's two founders, she demonstrated a flair for writing advertising copy under the tutelage of the legendary Jack Goodman, whose restrained, even self-deprecatory, style influenced her deeply. On the side she wrote light verse, which The New Yorker published from time to time.
from The New York Times: Nina Bourne Is Dead at 93; Catapulted Sales of 'Catch-22'
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