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Career Ī 1963 graduate of Barnard College with additionally an MA (1965) in 18th century English Literature from Columbia University, Jong is best known for her first novel, Fear of Flying (1973), which created a sensation with its frank treatment of a woman's sexual desires. As a student at Barnard College, Jong edited the Barnard Literary Magazine and created poetry programs for the Columbia University campus radio station, WKCR. Jong attended New York's The High School of Music & Art in the 1950s, where she developed her passion for art and writing. Among her nephews is Peter Daou, who is a Democratic Party strategist. Oberweger (the chief executive officer of Seymour Mann Inc. Jong has an elder sister, Suzanna, who married Lebanese businessman Arthur Daou, and a younger sister, Claudia, a social worker who married Gideon S. Her mother was born in England of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, and was a painter and textile designer who also designed dolls for her husband's company. Her father was a businessman of Polish Jewish ancestry who owned a gifts and home accessories company known for its mass production of porcelain dolls. She is one of three daughters of Seymour Mann (died 2004), and Eda Mirsky (1911–2012). Jennifer Weiner and Erica Jong at the Miami Book Fair International 2013