Helen Schul­man is The New York Times best­selling author of six nov­els, includ­ing Come with Me and This Beau­ti­ful Life. Schul­man has received fel­low­ships from the Guggen­heim Foun­da­tion, the New York Foun­da­tion for the Arts, Sun­dance, Aspen Words, and Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty. She lives in New York City.