Alexandra Robbins

New York Times bestselling author Alexandra Robbins, 27, is
a journalist who was formerly on the Washington, DC staff of
The New Yorker magazine. She has written for a variety of
publications, including The New Yorker, The Atlantic
Monthly, The Washington Post, USA Today, Cosmopolitan,
Chicago Tribune, Self, Salon, and PC. Robbins regularly
appears in the national media on shows such as "60 Minutes,"
"The Today Show," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," CBS's "The Early
Show," "Paula Zahn Now," "The Diane Rehm Show," and networks
including CNN, NPR, the BBC, MSNBC, CNBC, C-SPAN, and the
History Channel.

In her spare time, Robbins, who graduated in 1998 from Yale,
plays on three soccer teams, watches NFL games, bakes pies
and reminisces about the original Star Wars trilogy.