Kraus has contributed to the Times (of London), the New York Times, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Town & Country, and Maxim, as well as two short story collections to benefit the War Child fund: Big Night Out and Girls’ Night Out. In 2015 she co-founded the creative consulting firm The Finished Thought, which helps the next generation of aspiring authors find their voice and audience. Through her work there, she has collaborated on several New York Times nonfiction bestsellers.
Kraus's new novel is The Best We Could Hope For.
At The Nerd Daily Kraus tagged seven favorite books about unparented Gen-X heroes, including:
You All Go Away and Leave Me by Piper WeissRead about another entry on the list.
Weiss navigates surviving and years later investigating a headline-grabbing pedophile with no help from the adults around her. In her thirties, Weiss learned that her tennis coach famously tried to abduct her teammate, an incident she has no memory of. The quest for answers leads her into tough territory with her mother, which she handles with surgical deftness. A tour de force.
--Marshal Zeringue
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