Laurie Colwin

Laurie Colwin (1944?1992) was born in Manhattan and raised in Lake Ronkonkoma, Long Island; Chicago; and Philadelphia. She attended Bard College and Columbia University and worked as a translator and book editor before selling her first story, at the age of twenty-five, to the New Yorker. She went on to publish eight critically acclaimed works of fiction and two beloved collections of essays and recipes?Home Cooking and More Home Cooking?in addition to writing a food column for Gourmet magazine and contributing regularly to Mademoiselle and Redbook.