Kate Bolick

**Kate Bolick**'s first book, the best-selling \_Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own\_, was named a New York Times Notable Book of 2015. A contributing editor for The Atlantic, Bolick is also a freelance writer for \_The New York Times\_, \_Slate\_, and \_Vogue\_, among other publications, and host of “Touchstones at The Mount,” an annual interview series at Edith Wharton’s country estate, in Lenox, MA. Previously, she was executive editor of \_Domino\_, and a columnist for \_The Boston Globe\_'s Ideas Section. She teaches creative nonfiction at New York University, and lives in Brooklyn, New York. Bolick speaks frequently at colleges and conferences, and has appeared on \_The Today Show\_, \_CBS Sunday Morning\_, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and numerous NPR programs across the country.