worked at GARAGE and LAist and has freelanced for outlets including The Hairpin, Bon Appetit, them, the Hollywood Reporter and more. Her first book is More Please: On Food, Fat, Bingeing, Longing and the Lust for ‘Enough’.
Specter lives in Los Angeles. In her spare time, she shops for vintage purses and bakes a lot of bagels.
For Vogue she tagged "the 13 best romance books to pick up now." One title on the list:
Romantic Comedy by Curtis SittenfeldRead about the other entries on the list.
Real Saturday Night Live heads will appreciate the marriage of late-night comedy and romance in this typically charming novel from Curtis Sittenfeld, which revolves around TV writer Sally falling (somewhat unwillingly) for pop star Noah when he guest-hosts the show she works on. Sittenfeld’s understated, naturalistic voice only makes the tension between Sally and Noah—and its ultimate payoff—feel richer and more true.
Romantic Comedy is among Pamela Spradlin Mahajan's best books about the fabulous—and painful—parts of fame and Catriona Silvey's top six romances about creatives in love.
--Marshal Zeringue
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