Andrea Rouda

My favorite place to be is the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

I have held 45 jobs since starting working at the age of 16. They have all been interesting and fun, except for the first one: stamping names inside shirt collars at a dry cleaning establishment. (Thanks, Dad!)

I have a dog and two cats. I love the cats because they have their own lives. I hate the dog because he is pathetically devoted to me (and my husband, who insists he is the dog's favorite) and is unable to perceive my loathing for him.

I gave birth to one child who is now morphing into an adult male. The process is depressing. Once it is complete, my child will exist no more. If only someone had told me that, I might have chosen differently.

Read my book: it is hysterical. I still laugh out loud!