SUSAN COLL is the author of Word Salad: A Novel (Harper Muse) and seven previous novels, including Real Life & Other Fictions, y Bookish People. Her novel Acceptance, a satire of the college admissions process, was made into a 2009 television movie starring Joan Cusack and Mae Whitman. Her other books include The Stager, The Literati, Beach Week, Rockville Pike, y Karlmarx.com. Her work has appeared in publications including The New York Times y The Washington Post, and online at NPR, the Atlantic, and The Millions. She works at Politics & Prose Bookstore and was president of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation for five years.
