Meg Wolitzer

Self-described as a 'writer of stories about women,' Meg Wolitzer became a regular fixture on the New York Times Best Seller list with a series of acclaimed novels which explored the various ways in which they negotiate their life choices. Wolitzer first showcased her natural literary flair with 1982 debut Sleepwalking, and subsequently attracted the attention of Hollywood with 1988's This Is Your Life, which was adapted for the big screen by Nora Ephron four years later. Wolitzer continued to explore themes of marriage, gender politics, sex and family in her own fresh and riveting way in the likes of 2003's The Wife, 2005's The Position and 2008's The Ten-Year Nap, while also imparting her words of wisdom as a creative writing lecturer at various university workshops. But it was the 2013 double whammy of a New York Times piece on the lack of equality in the literary world, and the ambitious decades-spanning novel The Interestings that truly established Wolitzer as one of contemporary literature's most authoritative female voices.