Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of the novel "Prep." She lives in Philadelphia.

Curtis Sittenfeld's Salon stories

Saturday, Feb 14, 2009 05:30 PST

I know just the person for you!

I'm terrible at setting up my friends on dates. So why do I love doing it so much?
Saturday, May 24, 2008 04:00 PDT

Heaven, heartache and the power of deviled eggs

Trisha Yearwood is known for her gorgeous voice and her marriage to Garth Brooks. But, as she told Salon, she can also whip up some mean comfort food.
Tuesday, Sep 12, 2006 04:00 PDT

The whole world in her home

Journalist Melissa Fay Greene talks about the enormity of the African AIDS crisis and why, as the mother of five, she decided to adopt four Ethiopian orphans.
Tuesday, Nov 22, 2005 04:00 PST

Divorce on the D-list

She's loud, she's crass, she has no class. So why am I so broken up about Kathy Griffin's breakup?
Thursday, Jan 20, 2005 13:00 PST

This girl's life

Lee Fiora enrolls in a New England boarding school and finds herself in a strange and uncomfortable world. Read an excerpt from Curtis Sittenfeld's hilarious first novel, "Prep."
Monday, Nov 8, 2004 09:58 PST

Short and sweet

You can look him straight in the eye and even borrow his clothes: Some reasons why smaller men rock.
Thursday, Oct 7, 2004 09:21 PDT

Latte, tea or me?

We've all been majorly smitten with that hot barista or bartender. Inside the steamy (literally) world of customer service lust.
Tuesday, Jun 22, 2004 13:40 PDT

Is she really going out with him?

How do our amazingly intelligent and fascinating friends end up dating total duds? Meet the all-too-common "unequally cool couple."
Friday, Feb 27, 2004 10:50 PST

Why "Dirty Dancing" is the best girl movie ever

You can keep "Havana Nights" -- nothing compares to the original, a sizzling film that offered awkward, smart teens hope that a sexy heartthrob might sweep them away.
Thursday, Jan 29, 2004 05:49 PST

Why I love Laura Bush

I'm a staunch liberal who hates George W. And yet I think his wife is sincere, down-to-earth, smart -- and a role model for all Americans.
Tuesday, Nov 18, 2003 16:42 PST

"If we haven't found anyone else by 40, let's get hitched!"

Are "marriage pacts" a mature, open-eyed approach to love -- or the ultimate in cowardly bet-hedging?
Tuesday, Nov 4, 2003 04:19 PST

The wedding boyfriend

It's a peculiar phenomenon. You hook up with someone at the rehearsal dinner and by Sunday brunch you've enacted all of the stages of courtship -- speeded up.
Thursday, Sep 4, 2003 12:00 PDT

Too young, too pretty, too successful

Hating Nell Freudenberger -- the 28-year-old writer celebrated in Vogue and Elle -- is a virtual cottage industry among ambitious literati. And I was ready to hate her too -- until I read her book.

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