“I’m the author of the bestselling memoir My Salinger Year and the novel A Fortunate Age, winner of the Goldberg Prize for Fiction. My Salinger Year has been translated into twenty languages and nominated for major prizes in the Netherlands and France. The film adaptation, starring Margaret Qualley and Sigourney Weaver, opened the 2020 Berlinale, opened in theaters worldwide in 2021, and is currently streaming. I co-wrote the script, executive-produced, and consulted on set, props, and wardrobe for the film. I’m currently at work on my third book, The Fifth Passenger, a memoir with reported elements, in which I investigate the life and death of two siblings, killed a year before my birth, their existence kept a secret from me for much of my life. I’m under contract for the book with Little, Brown and I’ve turned in the first section—a hundred pages—to my editor. This fall, I’ll be finishing up my research, which has been quite extensive, and beginning work on the book’s second and third sections. I hold an MFA from Columbia University, an MA in literature from University College, London, and a BA from Oberlin College. I’ve taught at Columbia University, Brooklyn College, and various writers’ conferences, most recently Aspen Words. I also do a lot of public speaking, both domestically and around the world, at literary festivals, universities, and other institutions. A former magazine editor, I write—primarily on books—for the New York Times, Vogue, the Guardian, and many other publications. I’ve been awarded fellowships from MacDowell, Ragdale, Ledig House, Bread Loaf, Sewanee, the Jerome Foundation, PEN, and others.”