Author: Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Taffy Brodesser-Akner writes for the New York Times Magazine, GQ, and many other publications, and is the author of the international bestseller "Fleishman Is in Trouble," which has been translated into more than a dozen languages. She also wrote the screenplay for the eponymous series and served as a producer. "The Fletchers of Long Island" is her second novel.

Translation by: Sophie Zeitz

Sophie Zeitz, born in Frankfurt am Main, translates American and English literature, including the novels of John Green, Raven Leilani, and Douglas Stuart, crime novels by Jilliane Hoffman, and classics by H. D. Thoreau and Joseph Conrad. She has received multiple awards and lives in Berlin.