Ellen SternELLEN STERN wrote the Best Bets column in New York magazine for ten years and was a writer and editor at the New York Daily News, the East Side Express, and GQ. Her books include The Very Best from Hallmark, I>Once Upon a Telephone, Sister Sets, Threads, and Gracie Mansion. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and she graduated from Juilliard. She lives in New York City. Read More Read Less