Lorna Landvik is the author of many novels, including the bestselling Patty Jane's House of Curl, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, Oh My Stars, and the recently published Best to Laugh. Landvik's checkered (but legal) past includes working as a chambermaid in Bavaria, winning a trip to Tahiti as a contestant on $25,000 Pyramid (MacGyver was her partner), temping at the Playboy Mansion (it was strictly a clerical position) and walking across the country as a member of The Great Peace March. She has acted in many theatrical productions, including a half dozen shows she conveniently wrote for herself. Her all-improvised show, Party in the Rec Room is a local legend, due in no small part to the margaritas she mixes up onstage. She is currently working on two novels, one of which is a sequel to her first book. She has one husband and two daughters and lives in the beautiful blue and green state of Minnesota.