Laura Zigman is the author of SMALL WORLD (a New York Times Group Text pick and Editor’s Choice), SEPARATION ANXIETY, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY (which was made into the movie Someone Like You, starring Hugh Jackman and Ashley Judd), DATING BIG BIRD, HER and PIECE OF WORK. She has collaborated on several works of nonfiction, including Eddie Izzard’s New York Times bestseller, BELIEVE ME; and has been a contributor to the New York Times and other publications. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her seventh and latest novel is THE AUTHOR WEEKEND.