Doree Lewak is an American writer and humorist.
[1][2] Lewak is best known as the author of the 2008 book The Panic Years: A Guide to Surviving Smug Married Friends, Bad Taffeta, and Life on the Wrong Side of 25 without a Ring.
The Panic Years offers advice on how to change one's relationship strategy to find a marriage partner.
[3] Library Journal called the book “sassy and humorous.” [4] Critics found Lewak’s insistence that women should make matrimony a goal, "repulsive".
[5] and criticized Lewak for “reinforc(ing) negative stereotypes.” [4]