Curtis Sittenfeld is the bestselling author of Prep, American Wife, and most recently Eligible (a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice). Hailed for her "wickedly entertaining" sensibility, her books have been translated into 25 languages. She has also written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, and other publications, and has been broadcast on public radio’s This American Life. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.