Jennifer Weiner

Jennifer Weiner is a best-selling author of 10 novels and a short-story collection that have cumulatively sold more than 15 million copies in print in 36 countries. Her debut novel, “Good in Bed,” is now in its 59th printing. Her novel “In Her Shoes” was turned into a movie starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. Her most recent novel is “All Fall Down.”

Her nonfiction writing has appeared in many publications, including Allure, Elle, The Guardian, Glamour, Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, Time, the website of National Public Radio, The New Republic and Seventeen.

Ms. Weiner is a public speaker who talks frequently about writing, family and pop culture. She has appeared on “The Today Show,” “The CBS Early Show,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” “The Rachael Ray Show,” “The Jeff Probst Show,” “The Martha Stewart Show” and many other now-defunct talk shows she worries she might have killed just by showing up.

Ms. Weiner was born in DeRidder, La., was raised in Connecticut and graduated from Princeton University. She worked at newspapers in State College, Pa.; Lexington, Ky.; and Philadelphia before publishing her first novel in 2001. She lives in Philadelphia, where she raises her two daughters and watches reality TV.