Carrie Rosten is a Chinese-Polish-Jewish WASP born and raised in Hollywood. A graduate of UCLA, she has designed and owned her own women’s clothing line, and has styled and designed costumes for television, music videos, commercials, and indie films. Writing runs in her quirky family. Her grandfather, Leo Rosten, wrote dozens of screenplays and books, including The Joys of Yiddish; her great-uncle William Steig wrote many children’s books, including Shrek. She lives in New York City.