Rhoda Koenig was born in New York City, where she became literary editor and then book reviewer of New York magazine. She has written for Harper's, the New York Times, New Republic, New York Review of Books, and Vogue.
"A witty and mordant compendium of brickbats and bon mots ... refreshingly no-nonsense ... a bracing bit of whimsy ... an assorted and sundry admixture of sharp wit and woebegone drollery... All-encompassing ... Ambitious and devilishly addictive ... An inspired and audacious accomplishment." -BlogCritics Books "Ambrose Bierce's original Devil's Dictionary defined basic truths in such a way as to surprise, shock, infuriate, and, not infrequently, delight his readers. Rhoda Koenig's wonderful reprise attains that high standard again and again." -John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil "Bracing, provoking, often brilliant-I ran from one entry to another and was constantly amused and amazed."-David Denby, author of Snark "So smart and mordant it must be read slowly and savored. A great idea, brilliantly executed."-Andrew Holleran, author of Dancer from the Dance "The new devil in Rhoda Koenig's entertaining dictionary attacks with the same ferocious wit, cutting insight, sulfurous humor, and hilarious pessimism as that of the first."-Nicholas von Hoffman, author of Citizen Cohn "Provocative, engaging, laugh-out-loud funny. A sublime satire." -Chris Ver Wiel, author of Starbucks Nation "Fine, bracing stuff delivered with wit and bile."-Nik Cohn, author of Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom "The New Devil's Dictionary brilliantly matches Ambrose Bierce's original in wit, candor, and black humor."-Andrew Shaffer, author of Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love
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