Abigail Thomas
Abigail Thomas worked as both a book editor and book agent before writing her first short story collection, Getting Over Tom . Her second and third books An Actual Life , and Herb's Pajamas , were works of fiction. Her memoir, A Three Dog Life , was named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post . She is also author of the memoirs Safekeeping , Thinking About Memoir, and What Comes Next and How to Like It . The daughter of renowned science writer Lewis...See more
Abigail Thomas worked as both a book editor and book agent before writing her first short story collection, Getting Over Tom . Her second and third books An Actual Life , and Herb's Pajamas , were works of fiction. Her memoir, A Three Dog Life , was named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post . She is also author of the memoirs Safekeeping , Thinking About Memoir, and What Comes Next and How to Like It . The daughter of renowned science writer Lewis Thomas (The Lives of a Cell) , Thomas has four children, twelve grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. She lives in Woodstock, New York, with her dogs. See less
