Terry-Lynne DeFino, Larua Warrell, and Laura Zigman come to the festival with books that feature families -- and all the drama we know so well in our own. The relationships between siblings, parents, partners, and in-laws can get complicated!
Terri-Lynne DeFino was born and raised in New Jersey. She is the second of four children born to a homemaker and a then-fledgling attorney, in a Paterson, N.J. household that included two grandparents and the occasional uncle, where Sunday dinner was a given and the noise level often required earplugs....
Laura Warrell is the author of "Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm," praised by Vanity Fair, People, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Apple Books, The Root, The Millions, Hollywood Reporter, Bustle, Today, Debutiful and elsewhere....
Laura Zigman is the author of five novels, including "Separation Anxiety," "Animal Husbandry," "Dating Big Bird," "Her" and "Piece of Work." She has ghostwritten/collaborated on several works of nonfiction, including Eddie Izzard's New York Times bestseller, "Believe Me," been a contributor to the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Huffington Post, produced a popular online series of animated videos called Annoying Conversations and was the recipient of a Yaddo residency....