Ellen Sussman is the New York Times bestselling author of four novels: A Wedding in Provence, The Paradise Guest House, French Lessons and On a Night Like This. She is also the editor of two anthologies: Dirty Words: A Literary Encyclopedia Of Sex and Bad Girls: 26 Writers Misbehave. She teaches writing through Stanford Continuing Studies and in private classes out of her home. Ellen attended the Community of Writers in 1980 and 1996 and was a member of the teaching staff in 2014. www.ellensussman.com