Molly Jong-Fast is the 28-year-old author of the weirdly popular cult novel Normal Girl and Girl Maladjusted (both published by Villard). She has written for The New York Times, The Times of London, Cosmo, The New York Observer, Mademoiselle, Marie Claire, British Elle, and many other newspapers and magazines. She has an MFA from Bennington College. She recently chronicled her wedding for Modern Bride magazine. She lives in New York City with her husband, her child, and Pete, the world's fattest cat.

Molly is currently working on her third book a novel called The Social Climber's Handbook which is due out from Villard in 2009. She is addicted to needlepoint. Her mother wrote Fear of Flying, her grandpa wrote Spartacus, and her great great grandfather was a herring merchant. Her website is www.mollyjongfast.com and her myspace page is http://www.myspace.com/mollyjongfast.

Blog Entries by Molly Jong-Fast

Screenwriters on Strike

Posted November 7, 2007 | 12:56 PM (EST)


It has been 19 years since television and film writers have seen it necessary to walk out of the studios and onto the picket line. In 1988, a Writer's Guild strike managed to shut down Tinsel Town for five long months, but that was the '80s, when we still...

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Of Gum-Chewing and Toilets

Posted April 18, 2007 | 05:08 PM (EST)


There will be no royal wedding this year, no teapots emblazoned with the image of fresh-faced Kate Middleton, no limited edition cell phones adorned with snapshots of the happy couple, and no royal wedding mouse pads. Yes, Kate Middleton and Prince William have called it quits after almost four...

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