Sloane Crosley

Sloane Crosley (born August 3, 1979) is an American writer living in New York City known for her humorous essays, including the collections I Was Told There’d Be Cake, How Did You Get This Number, and Look Alive Out There. She has also worked as a publicist at the Vintage Books division of Random House and as an adjunct professor in Columbia University’s Master of Fine Arts program. She graduated from Connecticut College in 2000.

Books in order of publication:

Story and essay collections

I Was Told There’d Be Cake. New York: Riverhead Books. 2008. 

How Did You Get This Number. New York: Riverhead Books. 2010. 

Look Alive Out There. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2018. 

Memoirs

Grief Is for People. New York: MCD. 2024. 

Novels

The Clasp. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2015. 

Cult Classic. New York: MCD. 2022.