Lauren Grodstein (born November 19, 1975) is an American novelist and professor at Rutgers University-Camden who is known for her use of male characters and family narratives.
Her novels, the New York Times-bestselling "A Friend of the Family," along with "The Explanation for Everything" were Washington Post Books of the Year, and "A Friend of the Family" was a New York Times Editors' Choice.
Girls Dinner Club made the New York Public Library “Book for the Teen Age” list in 2006.