Lauren Grodstein

Lauren Grodstein is the author of Our Short History; The Washington Post Book of the Year The Explanation for Everything; the New York Times-bestselling A Friend of the Family; and, most recently, the “Today Show” Read with Jenna pick We Must Not Think of Ourselves. Her stories, essays, and articles have appeared in various literary magazines and anthologies, and have been translated into French, German, Chinese, and Italian, among other languages. Her work has also appeared in Elle, The New York Times, Refinery29, Salon.com, Barrelhouse, Post Road, and The Washington Post.