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Lois Gould (December 18, 1931 – May 29, 2002) was an American writer, known for her novels and other works about women's lives. Lois Gould, 70; Novelist and Columnist – Los Angeles Times
Lois graduated from Wellesley College. In 1955, she married novelist and New York Times reporter, Philip Benjamin."Lois Regensburg" in the New York, New York, U.S., Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018 (New York City Municipal Archives; New York, New York; Borough: Manhattan) They had two sons. In 1966, Benjamin died suddenly after complications from surgery. Among her husband's papers, Gould found a diary written in code. She cracked the code and discovered a catalog of his infidelities, many with her friends. This would become her source of inspiration for her novel Such Good Friends.
In 1967, she married psychiatrist Robert E. Gould, thus changing her name. Robert adopted both of Lois' sons, Anthony and Roger V. Gould.
In April 2002 Gould's son, sociologist Roger V. Gould, died of leukemia. One month later, Gould herself died of cancer at age 70 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan. Lois Gould, a Writer on Women's Inner Lives, Dies at 70 – New York Times"Lois Regensberg" in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
In 1970 Lois Gould published her first novel, Such Good Friends, about a woman who learns of her husband's many affairs only after he has lapsed into a coma while in the hospital. Such Good Friends was on The New York Times Best Seller list for seven weeks and was subsequently adapted for film by Otto Preminger, released in 1971. The book was republished along with Gould's other novels in 1988.
Her novel Final Analysis, published in 1974, appears to be partly autobiographical; it features a writer falling in love with her former psychotherapist.
Her only children's story, , was a feminist story questioning gender roles, and battling society’s views on the raising of the child X. It was published in Ms. magazine in 1972 and in 1978 expanded into a book. Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature – Google Books
In 1979, the Supersisters trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Gould's name and picture.
Gould's 1998 memoir of life with her mother, Mommy Dressing: A Love Story, After a Fashion, enjoyed widespread critical praise.
Gould's papers are housed in Yale University's Archives.
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