Lolly Winston is a freelance journalist and best-selling author. Her first novel, Good Grief, was a New York Times best-seller, a #1 Book Sense pick, and was translated into 15 languages. Her second novel, Happiness Sold Separately, also hit the New York Times best seller list.

Her short stories have appeared in The Sun, The Southeast Review, The Third Berkshire Anthology, Girls’ Night Out and others. She’s contributed essays to the anthologies Kiss Tomorrow Hello (Doubleday, 2006), and the book Bad Girls. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College.