Robb Forman Dew grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and spent many Thanksgivings at her grandmother's house in Natchez, Louisiana. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, Dew is the author of the novels Dale Loves Sophie to Death, for which she received the National Book Award; The Time of Her Life; Fortunate Lives; The Evidence Against Her; The Truth of the Matter; and, Being Polite to Hitler, as well as a memoir, The Family Heart. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
