Malena Watrous (born in San Francisco) is an American novelist, essayist, short story writer, educator, and author of numerous magazine articles.
She is a contributor to The San Francisco Chronicle,[1] The New York Times,[2] Real Simple, The Believer, and Salon.
The book has received reviews in The New York Times,[6] The Boston Globe,[7] Ms. Magazine, The Rumpus,[8] and the San Francisco Chronicle.
[9] She lived and worked in Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher on the JET Programme from 1998 to 2000.
[10] She attended Barnard College, where she majored in English and spent her free time interning for a food writer.