Lizzie Skurnick is the author of Shelf Discovery, a memoir of teen reading that Publishers Weekly called "wildly entertaining". The columnist for Jezebel.com’s Fine Lines and the author of ten teen books in the Sweet Valley High, Love Stories and Alias series, her literary blog, Old Hag, is a Forbes Best of the Web pick. She’s on the board of the National Book Critics Circle and has contributed pieces on books and culture for the New York Times Book Review, Times Sunday Styles, the LA Times, NPR, The Washington Post and many other venues. She lives in Jersey City.