Jen Lancaster author biography, plus links to books by Jen Lancaster.

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Jen Lancaster

Jen Lancaster is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Anti-Heroes, Housemoms, Here I Go Again, and The Gatekeepers, and the nonfiction works Welcome to the United States of Anxiety; Bitter Is the New Black; The Tao of Martha; Such a Pretty Fat; Bright Lights, Big Ass; Stories I'd Tell in Bars; Jeneration X; My Fair Lazy; Pretty in Plaid; and I Regret Nothing, which was named an Amazon Best Book of the Year. Regularly a finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards, Jen has sold well over a million books documenting her attempts to shape up, grow up, and have it all―sometimes with disastrous results. She has also appeared on the TODAY show, Oprah, CBS This Morning, Fox News, NPR's All Things Considered, and The Joy Behar Show, among others. She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband and many ill-behaved pets. Visit her website at www.jenlancaster.com.

This biography was last updated on 09/02/2025.

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