Adelle Waldman is an American novelist, columnist and blogger. Her first novel, ''

The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. ''The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.'' is a novel by Adelle Waldman. Plot ''The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.'' focuses on the titular character, Nathaniel Piven, the "product of a postfeminist, 1980s childhood and politically correct, 1990s coll ...

'', was published in 2013.

Life and education

Waldman was born in

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, Maryland, in 1977. She has one brother,

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, who blogs about finance and economics. Adelle Waldman graduated from Brown University in 1998. She later attended the

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Writing

Early career

Waldman worked as a reporter at the ''

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'', located in

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, Connecticut; and ''

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'', located in

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, Ohio, and wrote a column for the website of ''

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''. She has written book reviews and essays for ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, and ''

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'', among others. While writing ''The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.'', she worked as an

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tutor.

''The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.''

Waldman published her first novel, ''The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.'', in 2013. It was heralded as one of the year's best books. It follows Nate Piven, a writer living in

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, New York, and his romantic relationship with a woman whom Nate considers an intellectual match but with whom he finds other faults. Waldman later published, as a

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, a novella telling the same story from the point of view of Aurit, a female friend of Nate's. An excerpt of ''The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.'', read by Waldman, will appear on the new

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/Podglomerate

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, accompanied by an original score from singer-songwriter Haley Johnsen.

Selected bibliography

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References

External links

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