Sara Lewis is the author of four other novels, "Second Draft of My Life, The Answer Is Yes, But I Love You Anyway, " and "Heart Conditions, " as well as the collection "Trying to Smile and Other Stories." Her work has appeared in "The New Yorker, McCall's, Redbook, Mademoiselle, Seventeen, Good Housekeeping, " and other magazines as well as on National Public Radio. She lives in San Diego with her husband and two children.