About Edan Lepucki

Edan Lepucki is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels California and Woman No. 17, as well as the novella If You're Not Yet Like Me. Her short story "There's No Place Like Home" is included in Warmer, an anthology of short fiction about climate change. A book based on her Instagram, Mothers Before, which showcases photos of women's mothers before they became mothers, will be published by Abrams in spring 2020.

She is a graduate of Oberlin College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and her short fiction and nonfiction have been published in Esquire, The Cut, McSweeney's, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times. She is a staff writer for The Millions and the founder of Writing Workshops Los Angeles, and, along with Amelia Morris, cohosts the podcast Mom Rage.

She likes taking baths, reading, and filling out forms.