Mameve Medwed is the author of the novels Mail, Host Family, The End of an Error, How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life, Of Men and Their Mothers, and Minus Me. Her short stories, essays, and book reviews have appeared in a range of anthologies and publications, including The New York Times, Gourmet, Redbook, Ascent, and The Missouri Review. Born in Bangor, Maine (the home of Stephen King), she currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.