Emma Straub is the New York Times-bestselling author of six books for adults: the novels This Time Tomorrow, All Adults Here, The Vacationers, Modern Lovers, Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures, and the short story collection Other People We Married. She is also the author of three picture books, the first of which, Very Good Hats, was published in January 2023. Her work has been published in more than 20 languages. Emma and her husband own Books Are Magic, an independent bookstore with two locations in Brooklyn, New York.