After graduating with an MFA from the University of Virginia, international bestselling author Laura Dave worked as a freelance journalist for ESPN, before turning to writing. Her novels, Eight Hundred Grapes, The First Husband, The Divorce Party and London is the Best City in America, have been published in fifteen countries and optioned as major motion pictures.
Dave's writing has appeared in The New York Times, Glamour and Cosmopolitan. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband.