Author Bio
Lucinda Rosenfeld was born in New York City on the last day of the 1960’s. Growing up in New Jersey, her favorite authors were Judy Blume and Roald Daul. Lucinda graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Comparative Literature. Her first paid writing job was an essay about seeking revenge on an “ex” for now defunct Swing magazine. She also wrote a bar and nightlife column for the New York Post. Lucinda’s first novel, What She Saw . . . was published in 2000 by Random House. It was excerpted in the New Yorker, and optioned by Miramax Films. In 2004, Lucinda published a sequel called Why She Went Home. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times magazine, Creative Non-Fiction, Glamour, and Slate. Currently, Lucinda writes the “friendship advice” column, Friend or Foe, for doublex.com. She lives in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn with her husband and two young daughters. Her favorite web sites include: brownstoner.com (about Brooklyn real estate), ebay.com and craigslist (for tchotchke shopping), webMD (for hypochondriac moments), and babycenter.com (for kid-related advice). Her favorite authors are: Jane Austen, George Eliot, and Henry James. She also has a soft spot for Jackie Collins. . . .