Lori Gottlieb (born December 20, 1966) is an American writer, best known as the author of the book Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough.Gottlieb was raised in Beverly Hills, California. As a child, she suffered from anorexia; according to her memoir, Stick Figure, her illness was resolved after being threatened with force-feeding.Gottlieb graduated from Stanford University in 1989, with a major in French. She then worked as a television executive for NBC.Gottlieb left Hollywood with the intention of attending medical school. She later wrote about an unsuccessful interview experience at Harvard Medical School, during which the interviewer dismissed her as "too Hollywood." Instead, she returned to Stanford for medical school, but dropped out when, according to author Po Bronson, she realized that she didn't like "hanging around sick people." Wikipedia