Jami Attenberg is a New York Times bestselling author of eight books of fiction, including THE MIDDLESTEINS and ALL GROWN UP; a memoir, I CAME ALL THIS WAY TO MEET YOU; and 1000 WORDS: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round. She is the founder of the annual #1000WordsofSummer project and maintains the popular Craft Talk newsletter year-round. Her work has been published in 16 languages. She lives in New Orleans.

Books by Jami Attenberg

The Middlesteins

by Jami Attenberg - Fiction

For more than 30 years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, seemingly for one reason: Edie's enormous girth. When Richard abandons her, it is up to the next generation of Middlesteins to take control. Do Edie's devastating choices rest on her shoulders alone, or are others at fault, too?

The Kept Man

by Jami Attenberg