Koren Zailckas

Koren Zailckas grew up in the suburbs of Boston and attended Syracuse University. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, a riveting account of her experiences with alcohol abuse as a teenager and college student. Barnes and Noble selected Smashed for its 2005 Discover Great New Writers program. Koren now lives in New York City.