Sloane Crosley
Author, "Grief Is for People"
Sloane Crosley is the author of “Grief Is for People,” “How Did You Get This Number,” and “I Was Told There’d Be Cake” (a 2009 finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor). She also authored “Look Alive Out There” (a 2019 finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor) and the novels “Cult Classic” and “The Clasp,” which have been optioned for film. Crosley edited “The Best American Travel Writing” series and is featured in “The Library of America's 50 Funniest American Writers,” “The Best American Nonrequired Reading,” Phillip Lopate’s “The Contemporary American Essay,” and others. She was the inaugural columnist for The New York Times Op-Ed "Townies" series; a contributing editor at Interview Magazine; and a columnist for The Village Voice, Vanity Fair, The Independent, and other publications. She is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair.