Jane Mendelsohn (1965- ) is an American author. She was graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale University in 1987, and attended Yale Law School for one year before beginning a career as a writer/journalist. She has worked as an assistant to the literary editor at The Village Voice and as a tutor at Yale University.Mendelsohn is married and lives in New York with her husband, filmmaker Nick Davis. Jane Mendelsohn - Authors - Random House