Mara Wilson. You’ll know her face, even if you don’t know her name. She’s the face of two beloved children from my childhood, the daughter in Mrs. Doubtfire and Matilda from, well, Matilda. The cover of her upcoming memoir, Where Am I Now?, recently was revealed on EW.com. Take a look below:
Where Am I Now? is now available for pre-order!

Where Am I Now? is now available for pre-order!

EW.com has revealed the cover of writer and actor Mara Wilson’s memoir, Where Am I Now?, coming out September 13th from Penguin, and now available for pre-order. The cover also features a glowing endorsement from Broad City’s Ilana Glazer, who said: “Growing up, I wanted to be Mara Wilson. ‘Where Am I Now?’ is a delight.”
Mara Wilson has always felt a little young and a little out of place: as the only child on a film set full of adults, the first daughter in a house full of boys, the sole clinically depressed member of the cheerleading squad, a valley girl in New York and a neurotic in California, and an adult the world still remembers as a little girl. Tackling everything from how she first learned about sex on the set of Melrose Place, to losing her mother at a young age, to getting her first kiss (or was it kisses?) on a celebrity canoe trip, to not being “cute” enough to make it in Hollywood, these essays tell the story of one young woman’s journey from accidental fame to relative (but happy) obscurity. But they also illuminate a universal struggle: learning to accept yourself, and figuring out who you are and where you belong.
Mara Wilson is best known for her childhood roles in Mrs. Doubtfire and Matilda. Now she plays The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home on Welcome to Night Vale, and hosts her show about fears and anxieties, What Are YouAfraid Of?, at Over the Eight. Her writing has appeared on McSweeney’s, Reductress, Cracked, The Toast, and her first book, Where Am I Now? will be available from Penguin on September 13th, 2016.
Follow Mara on Twitter at @marawritesstuff and on the web: www.marawilsonwritesstuff.com