Susan Coll is a best­selling nov­el­ist whose work includes Book­ish Peo­ple and The Stager, a New York Times and Chica­go Tri­bune Editor’s Choice. Her nov­el Accep­tance was made into a tele­vi­sion movie star­ring Joan Cusack. Her work has appeared in pub­li­ca­tions includ­ing The New York Times and The Wash­ing­ton Post. She is the events advi­sor at Pol­i­tics and Prose Bookstore.