Laura Dave (born July 18, 1977) is an American novelist.

Early life

Dave was born in New York City and grew up in Scarsdale, New York. Her interest in writing began when she was in elementary school. Dave graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999, where she received a B.A. in English. She has an MFA from the University of Virginia's creative writing program. She was a Henry Hoyns Fellow and a recipient of the Tennessee Williams Scholarship. She received several awards for her writing including the AWP Intro Award in Short Fiction.

Following graduate school, Dave worked as a freelance journalist for ESPN.

Writing career

Dave is the author of London Is The Best City In America (2006) and The Divorce Party (2008). Her most recent novel, The Last Thing He Told Me, was released in 2021. Dave's fiction and essays have been published in The New…Read more on Wikipedia