Joan Peyser was born on 12 June 1930 in New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Dr. Herbert S. Peyser. She died on 1 May 2011 in New York City, New York, USA.
On the Gershwin biography: I don't go into encyclopedic detail about the songs and shows. That information is available in other books. I think of this as the first biography of Gershwin. The rest are chronicles of what he did and whom he met. What I've written is an interpretation of a life that was much sadder than anyone dreamed.