Elyssa Friedland is the USA Today bestselling author of six novels and a children’s picture book. She is a graduate of Yale University and Columbia Law School. Elyssa worked as an associate at a major firm before turning to writing full-time. She has taught an undergraduate course at Yale called “Contemporary Novel Writing” for several years. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including the Washington Post, McSweeney’s, LitHub, POPSUGAR, RealSimple.com, Writer’s Digest and Bustle. Elyssa is a founding member of Artists Against Antisemitism, a not-for-profit organization initiated by a group of contemporary female authors devoted to spreading light to offset hate. She resides in New York City with her husband and three children.