Lisa Grunwald

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Lisa Grunwald
Born1959 (age 6465)
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Nightingale-Bamford School
Harvard College
Spouse Stephen J. Adler
Children2
Parents Henry A. Grunwald
Beverly Suser
Relatives Mandy Grunwald (sister)
Peter Grunwald (brother)

Lisa Grunwald Adler (born 1959) is an American author. [1]

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Biography

She is the author of seven novels and one children's book. [2] With her husband, former Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen J. Adler, she has edited three anthologies: The Marriage Book (Simon & Schuster), Letters of the Century (The Dial Press), and Women's Letters (The Dial Press). [3] Grunwald has been an editor and writer at the magazines Esquire, Avenue, and Life, and has freelanced for others.

Grunwald and Adler have two children, and live in New York City. She is the daughter of the late Beverly Suser and Henry Grunwald, the magazine editor. She grew up in Manhattan, where she graduated from the Nightingale-Bamford School and then from Harvard College. [4] Her sister is Mandy Grunwald, a political consultant, and her brother is Peter Grunwald, a movie producer. [5]

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  4. "Lisa Grunwald, an Editor, is Wed to Stephen J. Adler". The New York Times. 10 April 1988.
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  8. "Whatever Makes You Happy". Kirkus. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. "Letters of the Century". Kirkus. 1 September 1999. Retrieved 6 August 2020.