amateur detectives

Oct 25, 2012

I admit: The reason I first picked up a book by Ayelet Waldman is because I have a literary crush on her husband, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Michael Chabon.  I wanted to get into the head of Waldman, to see what Chabon sees in her.  After having devoured all seven of her Mommy-Track Mystery series, I understand her appeal.

Waldman was born in Jerusalem on December 11, 1964.  She grew up in Montreal and New Jersey, but she now resides in Berkeley, California with Chabon and their four kids: Sophie, Zeke, Ida-Rose, and Abraham.

Like her Mommy-Track series protagonist, full-time mom and