Joanna Smith Rakoff's novel, A Fortunate Age, was a New York Times Editors' Pick, a winner of the Elle Readers' Prize, and a selection of Barnes and Noble's First look Book Club. Like the characters in that novel, she attended Oberlin College, and she holds degrees from University College, London, and Columbia University. She's written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Vogue, O: The Oprah Magazine, and numerous other publications. She lives in New York with her husband, son, and daughter.