Lucinda Rosenfeld (born December 31, 1969, in

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) is an American

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Career

Her first novel, ''What She Saw in Roger Mancuso, Gunter Hopstock, Jason Barry Gold, Spitty Clark, Jack Geezo, Humphrey Fung, Claude Duvet, Bruce Bledstone, Kevin McFeeley, Arnold Allen, Pablo Miles, Anonymous 1-4, Nobody 5-8, Neil Schmertz, and Bo Pierce'' was published by

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in hardcover in September 2000. The book follows the romantic travails of a girl named Phoebe Fine, beginning in elementary school and continuing into her mid-twenties. Each chapter revolves around (and is named after) a boy or man who played a role in Phoebe’s life. The book was excerpted in ''

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'' as a part of its Debut Fiction series (under the title, “The Male Gaze”)—and optioned by

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. Rosenfeld published a sequel to ''What She Saw. . .''--''Why She Went Home'' (Random House)—in 2004. The novel centers around Phoebe’s return to her family’s suburban home at the age of thirty to care for her ailing mother and rethink her life’s goals. Rosenfeld's third novel, ''I’m So Happy For You'' (Back Bay/

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, 2009) is about competitive thirty-something best friends, Wendy Murman and Daphne Uberoff. Her fourth novel, ''The Pretty One: A Novel about Sisters'' was published in February 2013 by Little, Brown and Company. Her essays have appeared in: ''

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'', Creative Non-Fiction, ''

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'' and many other publications. Rosenfeld wrote the "Friend or Foe" advice column for Slate.com from 2009 to 2012.

Personal

She grew up in

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before going to the private

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for high school.Connor, Erinn
"Leonia native explores the delicate relationship between three sisters in ''The Pretty One''"
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'', February 4, 2013. Accessed February 4, 2013. "Q. What was it like growing up in Leonia? I had a pretty happy childhood, based on my memories. I went to Leonia Middle School and Dwight-Englewood School for high school." At

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, she majored in comparative literature. Rosenfeld is married to economics writer John Cassidy of ''

''. They live in

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, New York and have two daughters.

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