Meg Wolitzer is New York Times bestselling author of The Interestings, The Ten-Year Nap, The Wife and other books. Her latest novel, The Female Persuasion, was named to various Notable and Best Books of 2018 lists, including in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, People, Glamour and Kirkus Reviews. She was the guest editor of The Best American Short Stories 2017, and has also published books for young readers, including, most recently, To Night Owl from Dogfish, co-written with Holly Goldberg Sloan. The critically-acclaimed film based on her novel The Wife starred Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce.