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About the Author

Sloane Crosley's essays and criticism have appeared in The New York Times, New York Observer, the Village Voice, Playboy, Teen Vogue, Salon, Black Book, Radar, Maxim, and The Believer. She is also the Associate Director of Publicity at Vintage/Anchor Books in New York. Author website: myspace.com/iwastoldtheredbecake

Praise for I Was Told There'd Be Cake…

"Whether you're involved in a love/hate relationship with just yourself or with the entire world, these essays will charm the pants off you--but not so as you'll feel violated. Sloane Crosley is bright and funny and enchanting. This is a sparkling debut."
--Meghan Daum, author of My Misspent Youth and The Quality of Life Report

  "Hilarious and affecting and only occasionally scatological, I Was Told There'd Be Cake is lively reminiscence about growing up strange. Sardonic without being cruel, tender without being sentimental, Sloane Crosley will win you over with this delightful debut."
--Colson Whitehead, author of Apex Hides the Hurt

"I love Sloane Crosley. In I Was Told There'd Be Cake, she navigates the social, the moral, the romantic experiences that prompt her to create her own voice and freshly define the world around her. Crosley is a post-modern Mary Tyler Moore, and this book is wry, generous, knowing--a perfect document of what it is to be young in today's world."
--A.M. Homes, author of This Book Will Save Your Life and The Mistress' Daughter

  "Sloane Crosley is another mordant and mercurial wit from the realm of Sedaris and Vowell. What makes her so funny is that she seems to be telling the truth, helplessly." 
--Jonathan Lethem, author of The Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn

"Charming, elegant, wise, and comedic, these essays absolutely sparkle and entertain. Sloane Crosley is a 21st Century Dorothy Parker, and this book is a gem and heralds a wry new voice in American letters. Gorgeous writing, outrageous humor--it's all here!"
--Jonathan Ames, author of Wake Up, Sir!