Lau­ra Dave is the author of the crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed nov­els The First Hus­band, The Divorce Par­ty, and Lon­don Is the Best City in Amer­i­ca. Her work has been pub­lished in fif­teen coun­tries, and three of her nov­els — includ­ing Eight Hun­dred Grapes — have been optioned as major motion pic­tures. She resides in San­ta Mon­i­ca, CA.