Rachel Toor's Biography

Rachel Toor is the author of The Pig and I: How I Learned to Love Men (Almost) as Much as I Love My Pets (Hudson St, 2004,Admissions Confidential: An Insider's Account of the Elite College Selection Process (St. Martin's, 2001), Personal Record: A Love Affair With Running (University of Nebraska Press, 2008). She writes a monthly column on issues in writing and publishing for The Chronicle of Higher Education, is a Senior Writer at Running Times magazine, and has contributed to The LA Times, Glamour, Reader's Digest, and other publications. She is currently teaching in the M.F.A program at Eastern Washington University in Spokane, Washington. Her website is http://www.racheltoor.com.