Joan­na Rakoff’s nov­el A For­tu­nate Age won the Gold­berg Prize for Jew­ish Fic­tion by Emerg­ing Writ­ers and the Elle Read­ers’ Prize, and was a New York Times Edi­tors’ Choice and a San Fran­cis­co Chron­i­cle best sell­er. She has writ­ten for The New York Times, the Los Ange­les Times, Vogue, and oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. Her most recent book is the mem­oir My Salinger Year. She lives in Cam­bridge, Massachusetts.