Betty Rollin (January 3, 1936 – November 7, 2023) was an American journalist and author who was an NBC News correspondent.

[2] Rollin's first interest was acting; she studied under Sanford Meisner and Lee Strasberg and briefly worked in theatre.

The book has been published in 19 countries and was made into a TV movie in 1992 starring Patty Duke as Rollin and Maureen Stapleton as her mother.

[1] After the book was published, Rollin was active in the death with dignity movement, and served on the advisory board of Compassion and Choices.

Rollin's health declined after her husband's death, and she died by assisted suicide at the Pegasos Swiss Association in Basel on November 14, 2023, at the age of 87.