Rebecca Traister is writer at large for New York magazine and a contributing editor at Elle . A National Magazine Award finalist, she has written about women in politics, media, and entertainment from a feminist perspective for The New Republic and Salon and has also contributed to The Nation , The New York Observer , The New York Times , The Washington Post , Vogue , Glamour , and Marie Claire . She is the author of Good and Mad , All the Single Ladies and the award-winning Big Girls Don't Cry . She lives in New York with her family. Ruby Shamir is an award-winning author, a collaborator on bestsellers, an adaptor of adult nonfiction for children, and a literary researcher based in New York City. She has performed writing, editorial planning, editing, adaptations, and research for many high-profile nonfiction bestsellers. Her work has been reviewed as "lyrical," "eloquent," "beautifully written," and "brilliant." Her professional experience includes working for three and a half years in the Clinton White House and later leading Hillary Rodham Clinton's New York Senate office.

She got her MBA from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College and her BA from Bates College.