Jennifer Senior is a journalist and author. She currently writes for The New York Times as one of its three daily book critics. She is best known for her book, "All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood," which was published in 2014.Before joint the NYT, Senior was a staff writer for New York Magazine, writing profiles and cover stories about politics, social science, and mental health. Her writing has been anthologized in four editions of The Best American Political Writing. She was also a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine.Senior has been a frequent guest on NPR and on the television programs Charlie Rose, The Chris Matthews Show, Hardball, Morning Joe, Washington Journal with Brian Lamb, CNN American Morning, Anderson Cooper 360, Good Morning America, and Today. She spoke at both TED's 2014 annual conference.Senior received her degree in anthropology from Princeton University.