Laura Dave is an American novelist. She is the author of London Is The Best City In America (2006) and The Divorce Party (2008). Her most recent novel, The First Husband, was released in May 2011. Dave's fiction and essays have been published in The New York Times, The New York Observer, ESPN

ESPN

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, Redbook

Redbook

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, and The Huffington Post

The Huffington Post

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. She most often writes about relationships, family, infidelity, and marriage. She has appeared on CBS

CBS

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's The Early Show

The Early Show

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, Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

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's Fox & Friends

Fox & Friends

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and NPR

NPR

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's All Things Considered

All Things Considered

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. In 2008, Cosmopolitan

Cosmopolitan (magazine)

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named her a "Fun and Fearless Phenom of the Year." Dave is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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.

Novels

• London Is The Best City In America (2006) ISBN 978-0143038504
• The Divorce Party (2008) ISBN 978-0143115601
• The First Husband (2011) ISBN 978-0670022670

Film

In 2006, Universal Studios

Universal Studios

Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....

 optioned the rights to London Is The Best City In America as a starring vehicle for Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon , better known as Reese Witherspoon, is an American actress and film producer. Witherspoon landed her first feature role as the female lead in the film The Man in the Moon in 1991; later that year she made her television acting debut, in the cable movie Wildflower...

. In 2008, Universal Studios also optioned The Divorce Party in conjunction with Echo Films

Echo Films

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, Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Aniston

Jennifer Joanna Aniston is an American actress, film director, and producer, best known for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends, a role which earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.Aniston has also enjoyed a successful film career,...

's production company.

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