Laura Shaine Cunningham is an award-winning journalist and playwright as well as the author of five books, including "Sleeping Arrangements" and "A Place in the Country." Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in "The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, Allure, Vogue" and many other publications. She was born and raised in New York City. Her new novel, "Dreams of Rescue, " is forthcoming from Atria Books.