Unfortunately, information about the author is unknown to us. But you can add it. Read full biography of Jami Attenberg →
I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification.
I have very distinct memories about growing up as part of what was then a very small Jewish community in Buffalo Grove, IL.
I have watched Occupy Wall Street mostly from the sidelines.
I kind of want to be seen as an American writer, not just a New York writer.
I know the bestseller 'Gone Girl' doesn't need an ounce of support from me, but that book was as sharp and witty as they come.
I make up stories about people who are either imaginary or some variation of myself.
I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.
I think when you first start out, you're writing books that are about your immediate place.
I was fat because I lived in the Midwest in the 1970s, and everyone was a little fat then and only getting fatter.
I was fat because my parents were a little fat themselves at that point in their lives, and I ate what they ate.
I won't go anywhere near the new Times Square. It's seizure-inducing.
I wrote a novel. It's called 'The Middlesteins.' It's fiction. It's not a memoir. I'm not a spokesperson.
I'm from the Midwest. We like to know who our neighbors are.
Unfortunately, information about the author is unknown to us. But you can