Lau­ra Zig­man is the author of Sep­a­ra­tion Anx­i­ety, Ani­mal Hus­bandry, Dat­ing Big Bird, Piece of Work, and Her. She has been a con­trib­u­tor to The New York Times, The Wash­ing­ton Post, and the Huff­in­g­ton Post. She lives in Cam­bridge, Massachusetts.