Elyssa Fried­land is the acclaimed author of Last Sum­mer at the Gold­en Hotel, The Float­ing Feld­mans, The Inter­mis­sion and Love and Miss Com­mu­ni­ca­tion. Elyssa is a grad­u­ate of Yale Uni­ver­si­ty and Colum­bia Law School and cur­rent­ly teach­es nov­el writ­ing at Yale. She lives with her hus­band and three chil­dren in New York City, the best place on earth.