Big Girls Don't Cry

Fay Weldon was born in England, raised in New Zealand, and received her M.A. in economics and psychology from St. Andrews University in Scotland. She was the author of Mantrapped, The New York Times Notable Book and Washington Post Book World Critic's Choice Auto da Fay, She May Not Leave, The Bulgari Connection, Rhode Island Blues, Big Girls Don't Cry, Worst Fears, Splitting, and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, among many other novels, plays, and two books of nonfiction. She died in 2023.