Meg Wolitzer is a novelist whose recent work includes The Interestings, which was named a best book of the year by Entertainment Weekly, Time, and The Chicago Tribune, and a notable book by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post; among her other books are The Ten-Year Nap, The Uncoupling, The Position and The Wife, as well as the young adult novel Belzhar. Wolitzer’s short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Prize. She lives in New York City.