Cath­leen Schine is the author of The Gram­mar­i­ans, The Three Weiss­man­ns of West­port, and The Love Let­ter, among oth­er nov­els. She has con­tributed to The New York­er, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Mag­a­zine, and The New York Times Book Review. She lives in Los Angeles.