Born in Little Rock Arkansas, she grew up mostly in New York City. She was a reporter for NPR in New York City. She was the host of the show-Justice Talking. She was a regular voice on -Morning Edition- and - All Things Considered. She is the author of - Drawing Down the Moon- Heretics Heart: A Journey Through Spirit and Revolution- Our Waky to the Stars - Out for Blood and Vampires Are Us. She also contributed to many other writings.Adler died of endometrial cancer. For more information, I found this at Wikipedia.com