Laura Zigman

Laura Zigman is an American journalist and chick lit author from Boston, Massachusetts. She was brought up in Newton, MA, took “The Radcliffe Publishing Procedures Course” and went to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She spent a decade working as a publicist for a book publisher in New York before burnout set in and she moved to Washington DC. In DC she got a job at “Share Our Strength” and the “Smithsonian Institute” even as she wrote her debut novel “Animal Husbandry.” Zigman’s debut novel is some type of autobiographical novel that went on to become a bestseller and was made into a film titled “Someone Like You.” She would later write several titles that were thinly veiled and autobiographical including “Dating Big Bird” and “Her.” Laura then wrote a novel based on her experience as a publicist titled “Piece of Work” that was optioned by Playtone Pictures. She has also been involved in freelance ghostwriting and is a contributor at “The Huffington Post” and “The New York Times.” She is also a co-host of “Hash Tags,” an NPR affiliated show alongside Julie Klam and Ann Leary. As a woman of many talents, she also has a YouTube channel where she produces Xtranormal videos and has also produced her first screenplay. She has also been a ghostwriter for the likes of Eddie Izzard and Wendy Davis after she made her name with a few self-help novels.