Lori Gottlieb

Lori Gottlieb is the author of the book and the central protagonist of the story. She is a psychotherapist based in Los Angeles. She has her own private practice, in addition to writing journalism articles and nonfiction books. Gottlieb originally wanted to write for Hollywood and worked for TV shows like ER and Friends. It was while working for ER that she discovered her fascination with the medical scene. She quit her job as an executive producer at NBC to go to medical school. Eventually, she dropped out of medical school to be a journalist, and soon after, she went to graduate school to get her license in psychotherapy.

Gottlieb the writer is a born storyteller. Her writing style is marked by humor, warmth, thoughtfulness, intelligence, and a very strong, beautiful spirited attitude towards people and life. Her memoir is often wrenchingly honest. It is this...