Cathleen Schine is the author of "The Three Weissmanns of Westport", To "the Birdhouse", "The New Yorkers", and "The Love Letter", among other novels. She has contributed to "The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine", and "The New York Times Book Review". She grew up in Westport, Connecticut, and lives in New York City and Venice, California.