The 2016 presidential election, the 2017 wildfire of the #MeToo movement, and the deep rifts and shifts in contemporary feminism provided much of the basis for the themes, motifs, and issues throughout The Female Persuasion. She has previously taught creative writing at conferences, workshops, and universities, including the University of Iowa and Skidmore College. Wolitzer currently lives in New York City and teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing at Stony Brook Southampton, a branch of the State University of New York. Wolitzer’s hit 2003 novel, The Wife, was also adapted for the screen as a 2017 film starring Glenn Close. In 1992, her mentor and friend, the acclaimed writer-director Nora Ephron, adapted Wolitzer’s 1988 novel, This is Your Life, into a feature film. Published in 1982, Sleepwalking launched Wolitzer’s literary career, which has since been dedicated to exploring and excavating the depths of women’s minds and lives. She wrote her first novel, Sleepwalking, while still a college undergraduate. Remaining on the East Coast, Meg attended Smith College and Brown University, where she studied creative writing. Her mother, Hilma Wolitzer, was a novelist, and her father, Morton Wolitzer, was a psychologist. Meg Wolitzer was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.
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