Suzanne Schlosberg's friends dubbed her the Cal Ripken of celibacy. Given the common belief among single women that all the good men are either married or gay, Suzanne's predicament is hardly extraordinary, but what she does to end the streak makes for a hilarious tale. Suzanne hits bottom when her younger sister gets engaged, leaving her less than a year to find a date for the wedding. She shifts into overdrive, experimenting with Internet dating, speed dating, and other bizarre 21st century match-making rituals. But after enduring every indignity of singlehood, she ultimately learns to ask herself: Does she really need a man to find happiness?
SUZANNE SCHLOSBERG is the author of THE CURSE OF THE SINGLES TABLE: A True Story of 1001 Nights Without Sex, chronicle of a dry spell that lasted longer than the Kennedy administration.
The Streak isn't the only feat of endurance Suzanne has parlayed into writing gig. Shortly after marrying her lovable, redheaded Streakbreaker, Suzanne began a long, elusive quest to get knocked up. The experience spawned THE ESSENTIAL FERTILITY LOG and an essay for Fit Pregnancy magazine titled "I Used an Egg Donor." Oh, and fraternal twins.
When she's not writing about prenatal hemorrhoids, infant vomit or toddler tantrums, Suzanne is busy informing exercisers about the latest ways to strengthen their glutes. Suzanne is the author of THE ULTIMATE WORKOUT LOG and coauthor, with Liz Neporent, of FITNESS FOR DUMMIES and WEIGHT TRAINING FOR DUMMIES. Another recent collaboration: THE ULTIMATE DIET LOG, written with Cynthia Sass, MA, RD, creator of the New York Times bestseller Flat Belly Diet!
The latest from Suzanne: THE GOOD NEIGHBOR COOKBOOK, quite the ironic project for someone who has befriended numerous night managers at Baja Fresh. Alas, Suzanne did not create the recipes for the book, leaving that to her fabulous collaborator, Real Simple recipe developer and chef Sara Quessenberry.
