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Rita Lakin

3 Series • 13 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Gladdy Gold Books
Start with: Getting Old is Murder (2005)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: A Summer Without Boys (1974)
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Start with: The Only Woman in the Room (2015)

ⓘ About Rita Lakin

Rita Lakin is one of the most successive female screenwriters of all time with more than 470 produced television scripts under her name spanning more than 30 productions. Furthermore, she is also a novelist who is best known for the book, The Only Woman in the Room, which happens to be a memoir of her life. In The Only Woman, Rita Lakin narrates what it was the first female show runners and also one of the very first women on television. Apart from non-fiction books, Rita Lakin has also penned numerous non-fiction books such as The Gladdy Gold Mystery, which is a seven book series including the novels Getting Old Can Kill You and Getting Old is Murder. Despite the fact that Rita Lakin loved for writing, she was not able to become a full-time writer after completing her college education.

All Book Series by Rita Lakin

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Getting Old is Murder

Series opener · book 1 of 9 · published 2005

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2005
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Getting Old is the Best Revenge

Book 2 of 9 · published 2006

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2006
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Getting Old is Criminal

Book 3 of 9 · published 2007

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2007
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Getting Old is To Die For

Book 4 of 9 · published 2007

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2007
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Getting Old is a Disaster

Book 5 of 9 · published 2008

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2008
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Getting Old is Tres Dangereux

Book 6 of 9 · published 2009

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2009
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Getting Old Can Kill You

Book 7 of 9 · published 2011

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2011
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Getting Old Can Hurt You

Book 8 of 9 · published 2018

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2018
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Getting Old Will Haunt You

Latest in the series · book 9 of 9 · published 2019

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2019
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A Summer Without Boys

Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1974

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1974
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Demon of the Night

Book 2 of 3 · published 1976

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1976
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The Four Coins of the Kabbalah

Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2013

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2013
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The Only Woman in the Room

Single-title series · published 2015

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2015

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Rita Lakin?

Rita Lakin is one of the most successive female screenwriters of all time with more than 470 produced television scripts under her name spanning more than 30 productions. Furthermore, she is also a novelist who is best known for the book, The Only Woman in the Room, which happens to be a memoir of her life. In The Only Woman, Rita Lakin narrates what it was the first female show runners and also one of the very first women on television.

Which Rita Lakin series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Gladdy Gold series, the earliest of Rita Lakin's multi-book series: it opens with Getting Old is Murder (2005) and runs to 9 books across 2005–2019, ending with Getting Old Will Haunt You (2019).

How many books has Rita Lakin written?

Rita Lakin has 13 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1974 and 2019. 9 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Gladdy Gold series with 9 books — and 4 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Rita Lakin's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Rita Lakin's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Gladdy Gold (2005–2019, 9 books).

How are Rita Lakin's books organised into series?

This guide splits Rita Lakin's 13 books into 1 named series and 4 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Gladdy Gold (9 books, 2005–2019).