Separation Anxiety (Zigman) - Author Bio

Author Bi.o
• Birth—ca. 1962
• Raised—Newton, Massachusetts, USA
• Education—B.A., University of Massachusetts-Amherst
• Currently—lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Laura Zigman is the author of several novels, including her well-known debut, Animal Husbandry (1998), which was made into the movie, Someone Like You (2001, with Hugh Jackman and Ashley Judd). Zigman's other books include Dating Big Bird (2000), Her (2003), A Piece of Work (2006), and Separation Anxiety (2020). She is also co-author, with professional matchmaker Patti Novak, of the self-help book, Get Over Yourself: How to Get Real, Get Serious, and Get Ready to Find True Love (2008).

Zigman grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and graduated from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. She worked for ten years as a publicist for Times Books, Vintage Books, Turtle Bay Books, Atlantic Monthly Press, and Alfred A. Knopf, before moving to Washington, D.C., where she began her career as a writer.

Zigman has been a contributor to The New York Times, Washington Post, and Huffington Post, produced a popular online series of animated videos, "Annoying Conversations," and was the recipient of a Yaddo residency. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, son, and deeply human Sheltie. (Adapted from the publisher and from Wikidedia. Retrieved 3/4/2020.)