Lionel Shriver
In conversation with Meghan Daum, LA Times columnist
This enchanting novel by Shriver, author of the bestseller We Need to Talk about Kevin, is a witty and timely exploration of the failure of our health-care system.
Lionel Shriver is the author of The Female Species, Checker and the Derailleurs, Ordinary Decent Criminals, Game Control, A Perfectly Good Family, and Double Fault. Shriver is also the author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, a novel about a Columbine-style massacre told by the mother of the killer. An international bestseller, Kevin won the prestigious Orange Prize in 2005. Her book The Post-Birthday World was published to great critical acclaim in 2007/ Shriver’s essays, features, and comment pieces have appeared in many publiciations, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Independent, London’s Times, The Daily Mail, Salon.com, and many others.
Meghan Daum is a weekly columnist on the op-ed page of the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of the bestselling essay collection My Misspent Youth, the critically acclaimed novel The Quality of Life Report, and has written for many publications, including The New Yorker, Harper's, GQ, Vogue, and The New York Times. She has contributed to public radio's Morning Edition and This American Life and is a regular guest host on KPCC's Zocalo: A Cultural Forum for the New L.A.
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