At Stanford, she studied creative writing, wrote articles for the college newspaper, and edited that paper's weekly arts magazine.
[10] Elissa Schappell, who wrote in The New York Times Review of Books: "Sittenfeld's dialogue is so convincing that one wonders if she didn't wear a wire under her hockey kilt."
Sittenfeld's third novel, called American Wife (2008), is the tale of Alice Blackwell, a fictional character who shares many similarities with former First Lady Laura Bush.
[13] In November 2011, it was announced that Red Crown Productions had begun work on a film version, with the adaptation written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Ron Nyswaner.
[17] In September 2017, ABC announced its commitment to make a TV pilot of Eligible with Sherri Cooper and Jennifer Levin to write it.
[20] The novel diverges from reality at the point where Hillary chooses not to marry Bill Clinton and enters political life as a single woman.
[24] The story follows Sally Milz, a late-night sketch comedy show writer, and Noah Brewster, a pop star.