Abigail Thomas worked as both a book editor and book agent before writing her own first collection of short stories, Getting Over Tom. Her second and third books An Actual Life, and Herb’s Pajamas, were works of fiction. Thomas’ memoir, A Three Dog Life, was named one of the best books of 2006 by The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, and received the 2006 Inspirational Memoir Award given by Books for A Better Life. She is also author of the memoirs Safekeeping, Thinking About Memoir and What Comes Next and How to Like It. In her new book, Still Life at 80, Thomas ruminates on aging during the confines of COVID-19 with her trademark mix of humor and wisdom, including valuable, contemplative writing tips along the way. She lives in Woodstock, New York.
“Irreverent, wise, and boundlessly generous."—Elissa Schappell
Vanity Fair
"I want to grow old the way Abigail Thomas is growing
old—with grace and with, humor and honest, dogs and dear
friends."—Laurie Hertzel Minneapolis Star Tribune)
"I would follow Abigail Thomas on any journey she ever takes. The
arrival of a new book from this master is always a cause for
celebration, because I know right away that I'm about to learn
something important about the art of writing and the art of living,
both. I come to her books as though to a feast, and leave fulfilled
and transformed."—Elizabeth Gilbert
"Abigail Thomas is the Emily Dickinson of memoirists, and so much
of this book's wisdom is between the lines and in the white spaces.
It may only take you two days to read, but the impact will stay
with you for a long, long time. Abigail Thomas fills memory with
living breath."—Stephen King
"It's so very rare for a memoir to tell the naked truth about
aging--its terrors and its treasures, its indignities and its
mysteries. Who else but Abigail Thomas to lift the veil and show us
how she is navigating her eighties. Here she is, sitting still in
her chair, traveling on a river that flows both ways--backwards
slowly on the tides of memory, forward at a fast clip onward toward
the open ocean. And sometimes, because of friends, because of dogs,
because of children and home, writing and a wisteria vine, time
stands still, and life is life, Abigail is Abigail, and once again
we get to marvel with her, wonder with her, laugh and cry and rage
with her. Thank you, Abigail, for the potent words to get us all
through."—Elizabeth Lesser
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