Ayelet Waldman

Ayelet Waldman
Waldman in 2009
Born	(1964-12-11) December 11, 1964 (age 59) Jerusalem, Israel
Occupation	Novelist, essayist
Language	English
Nationality	Israeli-American
Education	Wesleyan University (BA) Harvard University (JD)
Notable works	Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, Bad Mother: A Chronicle...
Spouse	Michael Chabon ​ (m. 1993)​
Children	4
Website
ayeletwaldman.com

Ayelet Waldman (Hebrew: איילת ולדמן, born December 11, 1964) is an Israeli-American novelist and essayist. She has written seven mystery novels in the series The Mommy-Track Mysteries and four other novels. She has also written autobiographical essays about motherhood. Waldman spent three years working as a federal public defender and her fiction draws on her experience as a lawyer.