No One You Know
Coming January 2026
What if the only way forward is to let go of everything you know?
Kate's life in the Hudson Valley seems picture-perfect: a thriving career as a realtor-slash-momfluencer, a devoted husband in Ethan, and a strong bond with her brilliant teenage daughter, Indie. But when Indie's best friend dies suddenly, their idyllic small-town haven begins to crumble. Kate and Ethan lose their footing, and Indie, alone in her grief, falls down an internet rabbit hole of nihilism and existential despair.
As Indie searches for meaning in a world that feels random and cruel, Kate struggles to reconcile her carefully curated online persona with the raw, unyielding grief tearing her family apart. When long-buried family secrets rise to the surface, she is forced to confront unsettling truths that challenge everything she thought she knew—about marriage, motherhood, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.
Told in the dual voices of a mother and daughter grappling with loss, this novel is filled with poignant observations on the heartbreak of parenthood, the joys of best friendship, the challenges of class and political divides, the minefield of infidelity in a small town, and the bitter truth that death can touch everything we love. No One You Know is a novel to devour and discuss.
Previous Books
Co-authored with Lorelei Sharkey as Em & Lo
The Big Bang: Nerve's Guide to the New Sexual Universeby Em & Lo
"The Big Bang is this generation's smarter, funnier and raunchier version of The Joy of Sex." — Time magazine
"The Big Bang is not your average sex book. A sort of bluffers' guide for fluffers, it covers everything that two or more adults of the same or different sex can do in, or with, one another. It gives a new meaning to self-help. I give it two thumbs up. Up where is up to you." — The Times (U.K.)
"The new Joy of Sex." — The Observer (U.K.)
Sex: How to Do Everythingby Em & Lo
"If you are young and sassy, you might enjoy Sex: How to Do Everything, by two women who call themselves Em & Lo and have a penchant for frisky wordplay." — The New Yorker
"Em and Lo have achieved the quite impressive trick of professionally dispensing advice without it sounding at all de haut en bas. Beneath their irreverent manner is an undeniably feminist agenda, in that they are both passionate about encouraging women to enjoy their sexual nature and own it more confidently. The ultimate 'how to do it' book, How to Do Everything is guaranteed to be a talking point if you're bold enough to display it on your coffee table." — The Observer (U.K.)
"New York's coolest sexperts Em and Lo have the nookie know-how." — The Sun (U.K.)
Nerve's Guide to Sex Etiquette for Ladies and Gentlemenby Em & Lo
"One can but wonder what literary gems Emily Post would have produced if she had only lived in the enlightened society that produced Bend Over Boyfriend Volumes I and II. The free market of love turns us all into a bunch of whores. Ironically, that very fact is also why we need [Sex Etiquette]. We've become so intoxicated with our own permissiveness that boundaries no longer exist. We're all a bunch of naughty little children with vibrators and credit cards. There's some sincerity under all of [Em and Lo's] tongue-in-cheek (and -asshole) referencing of the past. [They] have discerned that what we really need is some good, old-fashioned discipline. The result is advice that just might get you laid. " — New York Press
"A delightfully precocious guide to bed etiquette written in language that manages to be quite elegant, effusive, and up-to-date." — Village Voice
150 Shades of Playby Em & Lo
"Unlike Fifty Shades of Grey, this was fun to read, informative, and didn't take eight chapters to get to the sex part. Em & Lo have yet again taught me more about sex than all the extensive research I've done by watching porn." — Joel Stein, Time magazine columnist and author of Man Made and In Defense of Elitism
Buh Bye: An A-Z Guide to Breakupsby Em & Lo
A wickedly funny guide to dumping and getting dumped. Defining every term associated with breakups, Buh Bye is part retail therapy for the broken-hearted, part relationship advisor for those forced to initiate "The Talk." Included are over 200 priceless entries: B treats the symptoms of a Band-Aid Breakup (a quick but painful severance); L offers tips on hosting the Last Supper (fine dining dumping); S helps readers land some Sorbet (a post-breakup, palate-cleansing lay). With saucy line drawings throughout, Buh Bye numbs the pain, assuring dumpees everywhere: It's not you, it's them.
Rec Sex: An A-Z Guide to Hooking upby Em & Lo
Amassing knowledge from years of counseling the sexually curious and courageous, Em & Lo offer this essential guide to playing the field. With over 350 hilarious alphabetically listed entries and saucy illustrations, Rec Sex covers all the bases of free love. B is for booty call, E is for equal opportunity objectification, F is for friends with benefits, S is for STDs, Z is for... (well, no, that would give away the ending). At long last, here are answers to age old questions like, How do I know whether I'm dating or just hooking up? What's the difference between comfort sex and a mercy fuck? Would a true wingman ever engage in cockblocking? When does a booty call become an umfriend? And most importantly, can you do-over a play-d'oh? Em & Lo define the terms, classify the information, and generally shed light on all the naughty things you do.
Sex Toy: An A-Z Guide to Bedside Accessoriesby Em & Lo
Amassing knowledge from years of counseling the sexually curious and courageous, Em & Lo offer this essential sex toy field guide. With over 300 hilarious entries, Sex Toy breaks down the hot hardware, from Ben Wa balls to softpacks to triple-action vibrators, so no one's ever stuck asking, "What the heck do I do with this?!!" In this sexy lexicon Em and Lo review the most popular toys, laud the most underrated toys, and throw in a few hilarious toys just for giggles. Illustrated with saucy line drawings, Sex Toy teaches you everything you need to know about buying, enjoying, and caring for every sort of bedroom bling imaginable.
Position of the Day: Sex Every Day in Every Wayby Em & Lo
366 hand-picked erotic scenarios from Nerve.com's wildly popular Position of the Day treasure trove in one gloriously chunky, deeply inspiring, and hilarious compendium. Yes, that's 366—one for each day of the year, plus a little something special for leap year! Illustrated with anatomically correct drawn figures, the positions run the lusty gamut from plausible to creative to "Honey, get my weight belt, this is going to require some heavy lifting!" With a new position every day, you're sure to keep the love doctor away!