Amanda Gefter (born 16 August 1980) is an American science writer, noteworthy for her 2014 book Trespassing on Einstein's Lawn.
[4] Amanda Gefter has a master's degree in the Philosophy and History of Science from the London School of Economics.
Her articles, specializing in cosmology and fundamental physics, have been published in The New York Times, Nautilus, New Scientist, Scientific American, Nature, Sky and Telescope, and several other journals.
[5] The pattern of Amanda Gefter's life has been influenced by an inherited circadian rhythm disorder called delayed sleep phase syndrome.
Their relationship was dramatized in the Modern Love episode "The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy.