Cheryl Mendelson is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. She is the author of '' Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House'' (1999), and a trilogy of novels, ''Morningside Heights'' (2003), ''Love, Work, Children'' (2005), and ''Anything for Jane'' (2007). In 2019, ''Home Comforts'' was ranked by ''Slate'' as one of the 50 best nonfiction books of the past 25 years. She received her Ph.D. in Philosophy from the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full ...

and her J.D. from

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United ...

. She was formerly a professor of philosophy at

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and

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

, and published essays on ethical theory. She is currently lecturing at

Barnard College Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...

. She was also a lawyer with several New York law firms in the 1980s. In 1990–91, she was a Fellow at the

Hastings Center The Hastings Center for Bioethics is an independent, nonpartisan bioethics research institute in Garrison, New York. Its mission is to address ethical issues in health care, science, and technology. Through its projects and publications and its pu ...

. Her husband,

Edward Mendelson __NOTOC__ Edward Mendelson (born March 15, 1946) is a professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Lionel Trilling Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He is the literary executor of the Estate of W. H. Auden and the auth ...

, is an English professor at

References

Citations

Sources

* ''Contemporary Authors,'' vol. 201.

External links

Interview at BN.com

Mendelson's books at Random House
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