Daphne Merkin

Daphne Miriam Merkin (born May 30, 1954) is an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and memoirist known for her candid explorations of family, religion, money, sex, and depression. A graduate of Barnard College magna cum laude and attendee of Columbia University's graduate program in English literature, she has written for publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and Tablet, and authored books such as the novels Enchantment (1986) and 22 Minutes of Unconditional Love (2020), essay collections Dreaming of Hitler (1997) and The Fame Lunches (2014), and the memoir This Close to Happy (2017).[1][2][3]