Anne Bernays, a novelist and writing teacher, is the author of eight novels, including
Professor Romeo and
Growing Up Rich, as well as two works of nonfiction, including
The Language of Names written with Justin Kaplan and
What If? written with Pamela Painter. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous major publications, among them
The Nation, the
New York Times, Town & Country, and
Sports Illustrated. She lives in Cambridge and Truro, Massachusetts with her husband, Justin Kaplan. They have three daughters and six grandchildren.
Justin Kaplan is also the author of Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. He is general editor of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is married to the novelist Anne Bernays. They have three daughters and six grandchildren, and live in Cambridge and Truro, Massachusetts.