Ayelet Waldman is the author of The New York Times bestseller Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace, a collection of essays. Ayelet is also the author of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Daughter's Keeper and the Mommy-Track Mysteries. Her essays have appeared in a wide variety of magazines and newspapers.
The film version of Love and Other Impossible Pursuits—with Don Roos as screenwriter and director and Natalie Portman in the lead role—is set to premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on September 16, 2009.