Rumaan Alam is the author of three novels: Rich and Pretty, That Kind of Mother, and Leave the World Behind which was a Read With Jenna Book Club Pick and New York Times bestseller. Other writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, Bookforum, The New York Times, New York Magazine, and the New Republic. He studied writing at Oberlin College. He lives in New York City with his family.
