Helen Schulman

Helen Schulman is an American novelist, screenwriter, and short story writer born in New York City in April 1961, known for her New York Times bestselling novel This Beautiful Life and her 2023 novel Lucky Dogs. She is a tenured Professor of Writing and Fiction Chair at The New School's MFA Creative Writing Program, where she also serves as Executive Director of WriteOnNYC.com. Her work spans novels, short stories, nonfiction, and screenplays, with publications in Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Vogue, and The Paris Review.