Claire Dederer

Claire Dederer is a memoirist, essayist, and critic. Her most recent book is the national bestseller Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma (Knopf, 2023), a New York Times Notable Book that was named a best book of 2023 by The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Elle, Esquire, Kirkus, Electric Lit, Apple Books, Audible, The Sunday Times, Vulture, Oprah Daily, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and Publishers Weekly. Her previous books are the critically acclaimed Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning (Knopf, 2017); and Poser: My Life in Twenty-three Yoga Poses (FSG, 2010), which was a New York Times bestseller.