Barbara Kavovit, aka Barbara K, is a trailblazer and women's tool creator who founded one of the first General Contracting and Construction Management firms in New York, becoming one of Crain's ""100 Most Influential Women in Business"" before she was 30. A former New York Post columnist, she's written two non-fiction books, Room For Improvement and Invest in Your Nest. A member of the Season 11 cast of Real Housewives of New York, she lives with her son Zachary. Heels of Steel is her first novel.