Born 1956, in Boston, MA; daughter of Chester (a surgeon) and Lois (a psychiatric social worker) Rosoff; married Paul Hamlyn (a painter and illustrator); children: Gloria. Education: Harvard University, B.A. (English and fine arts), 1979; attended St. Martin's College of Art (London, England). Addresses: Home: Highbury, North London, England. Agent: Catherine Clarke, Felicity Bryan Literary Agency, 2a N. Parade Ave., Oxford OX2 6LX, England.

• (With Caren Acker) London Guide, Open Road (New York, NY), 1995, second edition, 1998.
• How I Live Now, Wendy Lamb Books (New York, NY), 2004.
• Meet Wild Boars, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2005.
• Just in Case, Wendy Lamb Books (New York, NY), 2006.
• What I Was, Penguin (New York, NY), 2007.
• Jumpy Jack and Googily, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2008.
• Wild Boars Cook, illustrated by Sophie Blackall, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2008.
• The Bride's Farewell, Viking (New York, NY), 2009.

Also author of screenplay adaptation of How I Live Now.