"…and happy to be alive. It took me out of my home on the coast of South Carolina, placed me in the town along Red Hook Road, and changed me the way good books always do." So writes Pat Conroy in his rave review of Red Hook Road for Amazon.com.

Ayelet's new novel Red Hook Road tells the story of two families, and how their lives are unraveled and stitched together by misfortune, by good intentions and failure, and by love and calamity. One of EW's hot summer picks.

Mother's Day may be over, but every day is Bad Mother Day! Ayelet's New York Times best-seller Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace is now out in paperback. Buy your copy now!

Women in Prison, part of the Voice of Witness book series, is gathering oral histories from imprisoned and formerly imprisoned women across the U.S. who have suffered violations of basic human rights. Their stories are heartbreaking and their strength inspirational.

Says Ayelet about her May 2009 interview with Terry Gross on WHYY's "Fresh Air": "She's a magnificent interviewer. I talked about things I never thought I would, in ways I didn't expect."

Catch Ayelet, along with a number of Bay Area artists, in this lively video from "Notes & Words," a benefit for Children's Hospital Oakland. She's also interviewed in the November 2009 issue of Mother Jones on "Acting Your Age."