Ellen Meister is the author of Dorothy Parker Drank HereFarewell, Dorothy Parker, The Other Life, TheSmart One, and Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA. She teaches creative writing at Hofstra University Continuing Education, mentors emerging authors, lectures on Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Round Table, and does public speaking about her books and other writing-related issues.

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TOUGH AUDIENCE

The author and Algonquin wit penned some of the most memorably acerbic book reviews ever written. But she could celebrate just as well as she could assassinate.