Aliza Barzilay, Executive Director of the Westside Center for Independent Living , said the organization’s Associates raised $8,000 at a recent Literary Tea and Membership Party with Guest Author and Speaker, SUSAN ORLEAN, the New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Orchid Thief and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. See the original post here: The Associates of Westside Center for Independent Living Raise 8,000 at Literary Tea Fundraiser