Curtis Sittenfeld

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Curtis Sittenfeld is an American novelist whose sharp, witty literary fiction often reimagines the lives of real people or satirises American culture. She studied at Stanford and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. American Wife is a novel loosely inspired by the life of Laura Bush, following the quiet, bookish wife of a charismatic,... hard-drinking man who becomes President of the United States. The novel explores the compromises and silences required of political spouses. Sittenfeld's other novels include Prep, Eligible (a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice), and Rodham (imagining Hillary Clinton's life if she hadn't married Bill). Her audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers smart, addictive literary fiction that reimagines American lives with insight, wit, and compassion. Read more Show less