Caren Lissner (born February 13, 1973) is an American novelist, essayist, and newspaper editor.
[3] She graduated from Cedar Ridge High School in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey.
[citation needed] While there, she wrote for the student newspaper, the Daily Pennsylvanian,[5] and was a member of the Philomathean Society.
Lissner has published essays, articles, and satire in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Atlantic, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
Her novel Carrie Pilby was re-released July 1, 2010, by Harlequin Teen and was made into an independent film of the same name starring Bel Powley and Nathan Lane.