Rebecca Miller is the author of the short-story collection Personal Velocity, her feature-film adaptation of which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, and the novels The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (FSG, 2008), which she also adapted for the screen, and Jacob's Folly (FSG, 2013). Her other films include Angela, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, and Maggie's Plan. She lives in New York with her family.