Adelle Waldman is a graduate of Brown University and Columbia University's journalism school. She worked as a reporter at the "New Haven Register" and the "Cleveland Plain Dealer", and wrote a column for the "Wall Street Journal"'s website. Her articles also have appeared in "The New York Times" "Book Review", "The New Republic", "Slate", "The Wall Street Journal", and other national publications. She is the author of the novel "The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P". She lives in Brooklyn, New York.