Her cute appearance and strong command of literature and chemistry made her a favorite among the show's audience.

[2] At age 13, she wrote her first book, a novel about chemistry entitled Chemi, the Magician (Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1947).

She attended the Chicago Lab School as a teenager, gradually reducing her investment in the Quiz Kids.

[1] Later in life, she published a book, Whatever Happened to the Quiz Kids?

Perils and Profits of Growing Up Gifted, about her and her fellow Quiz Kids' experiences during and after the show.