Valerie Block is the author of the novels Was It Something I Said? (SoHo Press, 1998), None of Your Business(Ballantine Books, 2003) and Don't Make a Scene (Ballantine Books, 2007). She was born and raised in New York City. She received a BA from Barnard College and an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University's School of the Arts. She lives near NYC with her husband, the writer Alexis Romay.