Lauren Grodstein

Lauren Grodstein (born November 19, 1975) is an American novelist and professor at Rutgers University-Camden who is known for her use of male characters and family narratives. Her novels, the New York Times-bestselling A Friend of the Family, along with The Explanation for Everything were Washington Post Books of the Year, and A Friend of the Family was a New York Times Editors' Choice. Girls Dinner Club made the New York Public Library "Book for the Teen Age" list in 2006.