The author on Black Girl Baking, a cold-war-themed podcast and identifying with incredibly awkward reality TV stars
Curtis Sittenfeld has written six novels, including the bestsellers Prep and American Wife. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, she studied at Stanford University and earned her master’s degree at the renowned Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Earlier this year, her critically acclaimed novel Rodham – a fictionalised telling of Hillary and Bill Clinton’s relationship – was published, and it is followed this week by a collection of short stories, Help Yourself, exploring class, race, disappointment and celebrity.
