Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
Author: Jennifer Traig
– Books like A Girl Named Zippy, Running with Scissors, and Why I’m Like This prove that funny books about extraordinary childhoods can find massive audiences.- Jennifer Traig has written several humor books for Chronicle Books, and has contributed to the San Francisco Chronicle, The Forward, and McSweeney’s. Her reputation as a smart and funny voice is already well known….Read More
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