About this ebook
About the author
Valerie Frankel sold her first novel when she was 25. Since then, she’s published an additional 14 novels, 4 nonfiction titles, and 2 memoirs. Her books have been translated into dozens of languages and published in scores of countries on five continents. Three of her novels—Smart vs. Pretty, The Accidental Virgin, and Fringe Girl—have been optioned for Hollywood film and TV productions. The Girlfriend Curse was nominated for a Quills Award in 2005. Fringe Girl and Fringe Girl in Love were nominated for Cyril Awards in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Frankel is also a seasoned ghostwriter, working with iconic celebrities and VIPs on novels and nonfiction projects. She’s collaborated with Joan Rivers, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Stacy London of TLC’s What Not to Wear, a couple of Real Housewives, one of the Mob Wives, a sex-toy company owner, a pair of Manhattan socialites, social media website founders, and subjects of several other books she’s not at liberty to discuss.
In addition to writing books, Frankel is an award-winning journalist. From 1991 to 2001, she was articles editor at Mademoiselle magazine, where she wrote monthly advice columns on sex, men, dating, etiquette, and friendship. As a freelancer, Frankel has been a fixture at Self, Parenting, and Good Housekeeping, as well as a contributor to nearly every other major women’s magazine in the United States and many abroad. Her articles have been reprinted around the world, from Vogue Taiwan to Glamour Brazil to Cosmo Australia.
A Dartmouth-grad Jersey girl, Frankel lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her two daughters, four cats, and opera singer husband, Stephen Quint.
