Early Life
Shalit was born in 1955 in New York City, New York to film and book critic Gene Shalit and Nancy Shalit (née Lewis). Her name comes from American author Willa Cather. She was born the second of six children. Shalit was raised in Leonia, New Jersey. Her father shielded the family from the public eye. Her brother, Dr. Peter Shalit is an internal medicine physician and the author of Living Well: The Gay Man's Essential Health Guide Her uncle is Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Anthony Lewis and her aunt is retired Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall.
She graduated from Saint Ann's School (New York City) in 1974. In 1978, she graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in Classics. After graduating, she moved to Martha's Vineyard and partnered with artist Richard Lee to create masks.
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