LAUREN GRODSTEIN se otè We Must Not Think of Ourselves; The Explanation for Everything, yon Liv Ane a selon Washington Post; ak A Friend of the Family, ki te vin pi gwo lavant nan lis New York Times la, pami lòt travay li yo. Li se yon pwofesè anglè nan Rutgers University-Camden, kote li dirije pwogram MFA nan ekriti kreyatif.