Pamela Redmond Satran received a degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin. She eventually became the shoe and lingerie editor of Glamour magazine until she left in 1987. She is the author of five novels: The Man I Should Have Married, Babes in Captivity, Younger, Suburbanistas, and The Home for Wayward Supermodels. She is also the co-author of nine bestselling baby name guides with Linda Rosenkrantz, including Cool Names for Babies and The Baby Name Bible. She is the founder of the 800-member Montclair Editors and Writers (MEWS) group.