Lori Gottlieb is the New York Times bestselling author of Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough (Dutton), a provocative look at modern dating, marriage, and what really matters for true romantic happiness. A New York Times Editors' Choice selection, the book has been translated into several languages and the film rights have been optioned by Tobey Maguire for Warner Bros.
Lori's first book, the national bestseller, Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self (Simon & Schuster), was an American Library Association "Best Books 2001" selection and a Borders "Original New Voice" title. Based on her childhood diaries, Stick Figure was optioned for film by Martin Scorsese, who described Lori’s quirky teen narrator as "Holden Caulfield goes on a misguided diet."
After returning from Stanford Medical School, Lori published her second book, Inside the Cult of Kibu: And Other Tales of the Millennial Gold Rush (Basic Books), an exposé of her three-month experience as editor-in-chief of an online magazine with a mission to "empower" teen girls but whose culture devolved into "Heathers meets Lord of the Flies." Her third book, I Love You, Nice to Meet You (St. Martin's Press), written with Kevin Bleyer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, comically explores the status of modern relationships from the male and female points of view. Or as they like to put it: “Twice the perspective, half the insight.”
Lori also co-created original pilots for Showtime, Oxygen, TBS and Nickelodeon, and was a staff writer on the NBC/Bravo series Significant Others, a sitcom about couples in therapy.
She speaks frequently at events across the country on topics ranging from relationships to teen girls and body image.
