Cheryl Mendelson is a novelist and non-fiction writer. She is the author of '' Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House'' (1999), and a trilogy of novels, ''Morningside Heights'' (2003), ''Love, Work, Children'' (2005), and ''Anything for Jane'' (2007). In 2019, ''Home Comforts'' was ranked by ''Slate'' as one of the 50 best nonfiction books of the past 25 years. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The University of Roc ...

and her J.D. from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States. Each class ...

. She was formerly a professor of philosophy at

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and

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

, and published essays on ethical theory. She is currently lecturing at

Barnard College Barnard College of Columbia University is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer, who petitioned Columbia ...

. She was also a lawyer with several New York law firms in the 1980s. In 1990-91, she was a Fellow at the

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. Her husband, Edward Mendelson, is an English professor at

References

Citations

Sources

* ''Contemporary Authors,'' vol. 201.

External links

Interview at BN.com

Mendelson's books at Random House
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