About the Author

Amy Alkon writes "The Advice Goddess," an award-winning syndicated column that runs in about one hundred newspapers across the United States and Canada. She is also the author of I See Rude People and has been on Good Morning America, The Today Show, NPR, CNN, MTV, and Entertainment Tonight. She has a weekly radio show called Nerd Your Way to a Better Life! (With the Best Brains in Therapy and Research) and has written for Psychology Today, the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, the New York Daily News, and Pravda, among others. She lives in Venice, California. Visit her Web site at advicegoddess.com or follow her on Twitter at @amyalkon.