Laura Zigman
Laura Zigman is an American novelist and freelance journalist who lives outside Boston, Massachusetts. She is the author of the novels Animal Husbandry, Her, Dating Big Bird,[1] Piece of Work, and Separation Anxiety.[2] She is 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.
Career
Zigman grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and graduated from the University of Massachusetts 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., and beginning a career as a writer.[3] Her first novel was Animal Husbandry (1998), which was made into the 2001 romantic comedy Someone Like You, starring Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman.[4] Her 2006 novel Piece of Work (described in USA Today as "one part pleasant, one part unoriginal") was optioned for a movie screenplay by Tom Hanks's Playtone.[5]
She is often described as a writer of chick lit, and described herself as "heartbroken, urban, single, postfeminist", which prompted her to write so other people would know that "I am not the only loser in the world who feels lonely".[6] Her books have been characterized as breezy,[7] clever, engaging and naughty, with reviewers comparing her style to that of novelists Olivia Goldsmith and Fay Weldon.[8] In addition to writing novels and non-fiction books, she is an irregular contributor to The New York Times and The Huffington Post, and creator of a series of Xtranormal videoclips, which she publishes on her blog.[9]
Personal life
Zigman is married and has a son.[10]
References
- ^ Gest, Emily (16 April 2000). "Biological Clock Watching: Laura Zigman delivers mixed results with a comic novel on dating". Daily News. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ Szegedy-Maszak, Marianne (May 3, 2020). "She Was the Toast of Chick Lit 20 Years Ago. Then Her Creativity Dried Up. How Laura Zigman got her groove back". Mother Jones. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
- ^ Marcus, Erica (1 February 1998). "Talking with Laura Zigman: Cows get dumped, too". Newsday. p. B11. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Someone lacks emotional bite". Daily News. 29 March 2001. p. 2B. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ Rhule, Patty (18 October 2006). "'Piece of Work' is one part pleasant, one part unoriginal – USATODAY.com". USA Today. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ Smith, Caroline J. (2007). Cosmopolitan culture and consumerism in chick lit. New Jersey: Routledge. ISBN 0415806267.
- ^ Rhule, Patty (18 October 2006). "'Piece of Work' is one part pleasant, one part unoriginal". USA Today. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ Lesher, Linda Parent (2000). The best novels of the nineties: a reader's guide. Mcfarland & Co Inc Publishing. p. 370. ISBN 0786407425.
- ^ Franco, Vene (5 March 2012). "Food Media Roundup, 3/5/12: Lucky Peach #3, Alton Brown does party food, Cook's Illustrated recipes make our head explode". Creative Loafing. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ Zigman, L. (2012) "Life Story" laurazigman.wordpress.com
