Meet Daniel M. Lavery, Author of Dear Prudence: Liberating Lessons from Slate.Com's Beloved Advice Column

This event will be rescheduled for later in the spring.

Former Slate.com columnist Daniel M. Lavery will discuss his latest book, Dear Prudence: Liberating Lessons from Slate.com's Beloved Advice Column. Based on the long-running Slate advice column, the book features a collection of the most eye-opening, illuminating and provocative installments during Lavery’s tenure as the titular Prudence.

Every week, millions of readers visit Slate for the irresistible Dear Prudence, an advice column that promises a healthy dose of reality and good humor alongside its indispensable suggestions and life lessons. The ever-hilarious and insightful Lavery was one of Dear Prudence’s most beloved columnists, and he recounts his time as Prudie in this side-splitting, candid collection—complete with new commentary and exclusive stories—drawing out the broader themes of his informative, unfailingly illuminating guidance.

Daniel M. Lavery is an American author and editor. He is known for having co-founded the website The Toast, and written the books Texts from Jane Eyre, The Merry Spinster and Something That May Shock and Discredit You. He wrote Slate's Dear Prudence advice column from 2016 to 2021.