 When she played the lead in an episode of "Rescue 8" and went on to write three more episodes, she took the pen name Pat Silver.Silver-Lasky wrote four books with her second husband, Jesse, including the best-selling historical novel "The Offer", eight films, nearly 100 TV scripts, including the award-winning "Explorers" series ("Ten Who Dared" in the United States).Their verse play "Ghost Town" won several awards in the U.S.