Wendy Shalit

Wendy Shalit began to write A Return to Modesty as an undergrad at Williams College, where she received her BA in Philosophy in 1997. Shalit is also the author of The Good Girl Revolution: Young Rebels with Self-Esteem and High Standards (2008) and Girls Gone Mild: Young Rebels Reclaim Self-Respect and Find It’s Not Bad to Be Good (2007). Her essays on literary and cultural topics have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, and other publications. She has also debated her views on NPR, at the Oxford Union, and with her three lively and opinionated children