Caprice A. Crane is an American novelist, screenwriter and television writer/producer. Crane was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of radio announcer/television talk show host Les Crane and actress Tina Louise. After graduating from New York University Tisch School of the Arts Film School, MTV hired her to write, produce and music supervise game shows, sports shows, music specials and the MTV Video Music Awards. Her first novel's title, Stupid & Contagious, is taken from the lyrics of the Nirvana song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Her second novel, Forget About It, was once rumored to be made into a New Line Cinema motion picture starring Scarlett Johansson. Both her first and second books won Romantic Times Reader's Choice Awards, two years in a row, in the Mainstream Fiction Chick Lit category. Her third novel, Family Affair, was released in October 2009. Her newest novel, With a Little Luck, was published on July 26, 2011 by Bantam Books. Crane wrote the original screenplay for the 2011 film Love, Wedding, Marriage starring Mandy Moore and Kellan Lutz. Her young adult novel Confessions of a Hater will be released in August 2013. [More at Wikipedia]

November 1st, 1970 in Hollywood (Age 53)