Ada Calhoun

Ada Cal­houn is the author of the new mem­oir Also a Poet: Frank O’Hara, My Father, and Me, an Indie Next pick giv­en four pre-pub­li­ca­tion stars and called ​“molten with soul” by the New York Times; and sev­er­al oth­er crit­i­cal­ly acclaimed non­fic­tion books.

Her instant New York Times best­seller Why We Can’t Sleep: Wom­en’s New Midlife Cri­sis, was an expan­sion of her viral sto­ry for Oprah​.com about the unique cir­cum­stances faced by Gen­er­a­tion X women. One of the Ama­zon Edi­tors’ best non­fic­tion books of 2020, a Goodreads Choice Award Final­ist, and an Indie Next Pick, Why We Can’t Sleep was one of the biggest books of the sea­son accord­ing to the New York Times, Parade, and O magazine.