Lauren Grodstein grew up in New Jersey, and received a BA and an MFA from Columbia University. Her stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in Virgin Fiction 2, Ontario Review, Before and After- Stories from New York, and Time Out New York. Her collection of short stories, The Best of Animals was published in 2002 by Persea Books. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Grodstein captures the uncertain nuances of the mating game in her impressive debut collection ... Grodstein's quirky voice and sassy, ironic humor make these stories come alive. * Publishers Weekly * Agile prose and clever observations. * The New York Times Review of Books * A confident and competent debut ... a tale of fears, commitment, immaturity, troubled pasts and doubtful futures, elegantly written and enigmatic to the end * Cities to Cities * An amazing debut, by turns truly funny, sad and sexy. At once literary and unputdownable, The Flaw of Love demands attention and deserves to be read * Ink *