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Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld (born August 23, 1975) is an American writer. She is the author of a collection of short stories, You Think it, I’ll Say It (2018), as well as seven novels: Prep (2005), the story of students at a Massachusetts prep school; The Man of My Dreams (2006), a coming-of-age novel and an examination of romantic love; American Wife (2008), a fictional story loosely based on the life of First Lady Laura Bush; Sisterland (2013), which tells the story of identical twins with psychic powers; Eligible (2016), a modern-day retelling of Pride and Prejudice; Rodham (2020), an alternate history political novel about the life of Hillary Clinton; and Romantic Comedy (2023), a romance between a comedy writer and a pop star. Life and education Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld was born August 23, 1975, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is the second of four children (three girls and a boy) born to Elizabeth "Betsy" Curtis (née Bascom) and Paul George Sittenfeld (d. 2021). Her mother is an art history teacher and librarian at Seven Hills School, a private school in Cincinnati, and her father was an investment adviser. Her younger brother, P.G. Sittenfeld, is a former member of the Cincinnati City Council. Her mother is Catholic and her father was Jewish. She attended Seven Hills School through the eighth grade, then attended high school at Groton School, a boarding school in Groton, Massachusetts, graduating in 1993. In 1992, the summer before her senior year, she won Seventeen magazine's fiction contest. Sittenfeld attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York before transferring to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. At Stanford, she studied creative writing, wrote articles for the college newspaper, and edited that paper's weekly arts magazine. At the time, she was also chosen as one of Glamourʼs College Women of the Year. She went on to earn an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. In 2008, she married Matt Carlson. They have two daughters. Career Prep Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, which took her three years to write, was published in 2005. It is narrated from the perspective of Lee Fiora, a teenager from South Bend, Indiana, who is accepted to attend Ault School, an elite boarding school near Boston, Massachusetts. Elissa Schappell, who wrote in The New York Times Review of Books: "Sittenfeld's dialogue is so convincing that one wonders if she didn't wear a wire under her hockey kilt." The New York Times named Prep one of their top five works of fiction for 2005. Entertainment Weekly labelled Prep a "cult-classic" in a 2018 reassessment. The Man of My Dreams Sittenfeld's second novel, called The Man of My Dreams, was published in May 2006 by Random House. It follows a girl named Hannah from the end of her eighth grade year through her college years at Tufts University and into her late twenties. American Wife Sittenfeld's third novel, called American Wife (2008), is the tale of Alice Blackwell, a fictional character who shares many similarities with former First Lady Laura Bush. In November 2011, it was announced that Red Crown Productions had begun work on a film version, with the adaptation written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Ron Nyswaner. Sisterland Sisterland was published on June 25, 2013. The book's protagonist Kate is an identical twin with psychic powers. Eligible Eligible was published on April 19, 2016, by Random House. It is a contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in Cincinnati, Ohio. In September 2017, ABC announced its commitment to make a TV pilot of Eligible with Sherri Cooper and Jennifer Levin to write it. You Think It, I'll Say It You Think It, I'll Say It is a collection of short stories that Random House published on April 24, 2018. Rodham Rodham is an alternate history political novel about the life of Hillary Clinton, published in 2020. The novel diverges from reality at the point where Hillary chooses not to marry Bill Clinton and enters political life as a single woman. Rodham divided critics. Romantic Comedy A new novel, Romantic Comedy, was published in April 2023. The story follows Sally Milz, a late-night sketch comedy show writer, and Noah Brewster, a pop star. References External links Official website. Discover the Curtis Sittenfeld popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Curtis Sittenfeld books.
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Emma of 83rd Street
Audrey Bellezza & Emily HardingIn this witty and romantic debut novel, Jane Austen’s Emma meets the misadventures of Manhattan’s modern dating scene as two lifelong friends discover that, in the search for love,...
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Elizabeth of East Hampton
Audrey Bellezza & Emily HardingThis fresh and whipsmart modern retelling of Jane Austen’s classic Pride and Prejudicefrom the authors of the “great beach read” (Bookreporter) Emma of 83rd Streettransports you to...
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Everything You Ever Wanted
Luiza SaumaRead along with Florence Welch this February and March as part of the Between Two Books book club'Wry, beautiful, surprising and deeply moving' Rachel Seiffert, Guardian'Captures s...
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The Love Contract
Steph VizardCan she (pretend to) love her neighbour?An awardwinning modern romcom for all fans of fake dating, enemiestolovers stories.I didn't know the guy next door. And given he was now my ...
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Powder Necklace
Nana Ekua Brew-HammondTo protect her daughter from the fast life and bad influences of London, her mother sent her to school in rural Ghana. The move was for the girl’s own good, in her mother’s mind, b...
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The Good Guy
Susan BealeSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016'I fell into The Good Guy hook, line and sinker . . . utterly captivating' Last Word ReviewA summer of love and deceit in 1960s New ...
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Rodham
Curtis SittenfeldNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of American Wife and Eligible . . . He proposed. She said no. And it changed her life forever. “A deviously clever ...
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Romantic Comedy
Curtis SittenfeldNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptionsa “smart, sophi...
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The Caregiver
Samuel ParkFrom the critically acclaimed author of This Burns My Heart comes a “luminous motherdaughter saga” (Entertainment Weekly) about a young woman who is forced to flee 1980s Brazil for...
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She Was Like That
Kate WalbertA New York Times Notable Book of 2019 selection, a New York Times Editors’ Choice book, and longlisted for the Story Prizefrom the bestselling, highly acclaimed National Book Award...
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Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie
Jackie LauJackie Lau, author of the “full of heart” (Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author) The StandUp Groomsman, returns with a charming romcom about a young woman’s desperate a...
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A Thousand Paper Birds
Tor Udall'A masterful exploration of love, loss and the healing power of the natural world. Heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure' Observer LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' C...
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Crushing
Genevieve NovakWhen do you stop starting over? The sparkling new novel from the author of No Hard Feelings.Getting over someone is not that difficult. All you have to do is focus on every negativ...
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Ghost Lover
Lisa Taddeo“Raw and searching...Taddeo returns with more ruthless explorations of the feminine mystique.” Entertainment Weekly, “The Best New Books of the Month” “Provocative.” Los Angeles T...
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You Be Mother
Meg MasonWhat do you do, when you find the perfect family, and it's not yours? A charming, funny and irresistible novel about families, friendship and tiny little white lies.The only thing ...
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The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book
Logan Smalley & Stephanie KentFor fans of My Ideal Bookshelf and Bibliophile, The Call Me Ishmael Phone Book is the perfect gift for book lovers everywhere: a quirky and entertaining interactive guide to readin...
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One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
Elise JuskaFor two quietly unhappy years, linguist Claire Gallagher has been living deep in the New Hampshire woods, enduring a polite but strained marriage to a highly respected scientist. O...
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Das Jahr des Erwachens
A. Beatrice DiSclafaniDas sexuelle Erwachen einer jungen Frau in den amerikanischen Südstaaten der 1930er JahrenNorth Carolina in den 1930er Jahren, der Zeit der Weltwirtschaftskrise: Theodora Atwell is...
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The Night She Disappeared
Lisa JewellFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone comes “her best thriller yet” (Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author) about a young couple’s disappeara...
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His Favorites
Kate WalbertA “tense, taut, and thrilling” (Marie Claire) novel about a teenage girl, a predatory teacher, and a school’s complicity from the highly acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award ...
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Perception
Terri FlemingOne wealthy bachelor. Two Bennet sisters lacking prospects. Can either defy expectations? 'A charmingly written evocation of what might have happened to the remaining Bennet siste...
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No Hard Feelings
Genevieve NovakHungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late twenties. A sharp, smart and witty look at adulting Fleabag meets Sorrow and Bli...
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Love and Other Puzzles
Kimberley AllsoppFollowing the clues doesn't always lead you where you might expect ...A witty, warmhearted and appealing novel about how stepping out of our comfort zones can sometimes be the best...
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The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet
Kate RorickBased on the Emmy Awardwinning “genius” (The Guardian) web series, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, this is a new novel starring Lizzie’s spunky sister Lydia as she navigates the joys a...
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Perfect Tunes
Emily Gould“An intoxicating blend of music, love, and family from one of the essential writers of the internet generation” (Stephanie Danler).Have you ever wondered what your mother was like ...