Amanda Vaill's PRIDE AND PLEASURE: THE SCHUYLER SISTERS IN AN AGE OF REVOLUTION, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, was published in October 2025. She is the author of three previous biographies — HOTEL FLORIDA, SOMEWHERE, and the best-selling EVERYBODY WAS SO YOUNG, a finalist for the NBCC — and has co-authored, contributed to, or edited a number of other books in the field of arts and culture. She is an Emmy-nominated screenwriter and her journalism and criticism have appeared in many publications, including the New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Town and Country, and New York. A past fellow of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, NYU’s Center for Ballet and the Arts, and the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, she lives in New York City.