Rumaan Alam

Rumaan Alam is the author of the novels Rich and Pretty , T hat Kind of Mother , and the instant New York Times bestseller Leave the World Behind . His writing has appeared in The New York Times , New York Magazine , The New Yorker , The New York Review of Books, Bookforum, and the New Republic , where he is a contributing editor. He studied writing at Oberlin College and lives in New York with his family.

Rumaan Alam is the author of the novels Rich and Pretty , T hat Kind of Mother , and the instant New York Times bestseller Leave the World Behind . His writing has appeared in The New York Times , New York Magazine , The New Yorker , The New York Review of Books, Bookforum, and the New Republic , where he is a contributing editor. He studied writing at Oberlin College and lives in New York with his family. See less