April Peveteaux

April Peveteaux passed out from happiness when The New Yorker called her debut book, Gluten Is My Bitch (Abrams, 2013), "highly entertaining." After she woke up, she went on to pen two more hilarious books about digestive disorders, The Gluten-Free Cheat Sheet (Perigee, 2015) and the upcoming Bake Sales Are My Bitch (Rodale, 2017). Peveteaux began her writing and editing career in New York as a freelance writer for lifestyle and entertainment pubs all over, and as an editor on the award-winning team of Babble. A staff writer position at The Stir followed by an editor gig at Mom.me means April knows every parenting controversy in the world and how to exploit it online. Other ways Peveteaux entertains herself and others include podcasting (Moms on the Rocks, The Meltdown Moms), tweeting as a 6-year-old (Why Does Our Car Look Taller?) and blogging (Gluten Is My Bitch, DIY,WTF & more). All of this is even more of an accomplishment when you consider the fact that Peveteaux grew up in Oklahoma, where it is illegal to draw attention to yourself. Luckily her stint at the University of Texas in Austin helped her get over any lingering modesty.