Meredith MaranMeredith Maran is the author of fifteen books, including Why We Write and Why We Write About Ourselves. She's a book critic and essayist for newspapers and magazines including the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Review o Books, and Salon.com. The recipient of fellowships at the MacDowell Colony and Yaddo and a member of the National Book Critics Circle, she lives in Los Angeles. Read More Read Less