Elyssa Fried­land is the author of four nov­els. She attend­ed Yale Uni­ver­si­ty, where she now teach­es cre­ative writ­ing, and is a grad­u­ate of Colum­bia Law School. Her work has been pub­lished in The Wash­ing­ton Post, McSweeney’s, POP­SUG­AR, Real​Sim​ple​.com, Bus­tle, Mod­ern Bride, New York Mag­a­zine, Colum­bia Jour­nal­ism Review, CBS Mar​ket​Watch​.com, and Yale Alum­ni Mag­a­zine. Elyssa resides in New York City with her hus­band and three young children.