Adelle Waldman | |
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 Waldman at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival | |
| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) Baltimore, Maryland |
| Occupation | Magazine writer and novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Notable works | The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. (2013) |
| Relatives | Steve Randy Waldman (brother) |
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Adelle Waldman is an American novelist, columnist and blogger. Her first novel, The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. , was published in 2013.
Waldman was born in Baltimore, Maryland, [1] in 1977. [2] She has one brother, Steve Randy Waldman, who blogs about finance and economics. [3] She attended a Quaker high school. [4]
Waldman graduated from Brown University in 1998. She later attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. [5]
Waldman worked as a reporter at the New Haven Register , located in New Haven, Connecticut; and The Plain Dealer , located in Cleveland, Ohio, and wrote a column for the website of The Wall Street Journal . She has written book reviews and essays for Slate , [6] The New Republic , Vogue.com, [7] and The New York Observer , among others. [8] When her daughter was one year old, she woke up at 2:30am in order to work from 4 to 8am at a big box store. [4] While writing The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., she worked as an SAT tutor. [9]
Waldman published her first novel, The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., in 2013. It was heralded as one of the year's best books. [10] It follows Nate Piven, a writer living in Brooklyn, New York, and his romantic relationship with a woman whom Nate considers an intellectual match but with whom he finds other faults. [11] [12]
Waldman later published a novella telling the same story from the point of view of Aurit, a female friend of Nate's. It was released as a Kindle single. An excerpt of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P., read by Waldman, appeared on the Lit Hub/Podglomerate podcast Storybound, accompanied by an original score from singer-songwriter Haley Johnsen. [13] [14]
In 2018, Waldman got a low-wage job unloading boxes at a big-box store near her home in the Catskills. [15] She said in an interview with New York Magazine that after working the job for several weeks, she “felt passionate that there’s something worth writing about.” [15] The store was the inspiration for her second novel Help Wanted , which was released in 2024. [15]
Waldman is married to journalist Evan Hughes. They have a daughter. [15] In 2016, they moved from the Fort Greene apartment they bought in 2009 to Rhinebeck New York. [15]
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