ABOUT AYELET

Ayelet Waldman is the author of Red Hook Road (released July 13, 2010), The New York Times bestseller Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace, Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Daughter's Keeper and the Mommy-Track Mysteries. Her personal essays have been published in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, the Guardian, the San Francisco Chronicle, ELLE Magazine, Vogue, Allure, Cookie, Child, Parenting, Real Simple, Health and Salon.com. Her radio commentaries have appeared on "All Things Considered" and "The California Report."

Ayelet's missives also appear on Facebook and Twitter.

Her books are published throughout the world, in countries as disparate as England and Thailand, the Netherlands and China, Russia and Israel, Korea and Italy.

The film version of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits — with Don Roos as screenwriter and director and Natalie Portman in the lead role — premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2009 and will soon be in a theater near you (or somewhat far from you, but then it'll show up on IFC and you can watch it there).

• Red Hook Road
• Bad Mother
• Love and Other Impossible Pursuits
• Daughter's Keeper

• Women in Prison project

• Bye-Bye, Black Sheep
• The Cradle Robbers
• Murder Plays House
• Death Gets a Time-Out
• A Playdate with Death
• The Big Nap
• Nursery Crimes

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