Diana Spechler is the author of the novels Who by Fire (Harper Perennial, 2008) and Skinny (Harper Perennial, 2011) and of the New York Times column Going Off. Her work has appeared in Esquire, Harper’s, GQ, Wall Street Journal, Glimmer Train Stories, Playboy, BBC, The Southern Review, Harper's Bazaar, and many other publications. She has received a number of awards and fellowships, including a Yaddo residency and the Orlando Creative Nonfiction Prize from A Room of Her Own Foundation.