Barbara Zitwer speaks intimately and humorously to readers how New York City fosters and creates a unique combination ofqualities that will enrich your life and feed your soul. Every chapter contains stories and examples from the city itself and Barbara s New York life on how thinking and acting like aNew Yorker can be the pathway to success.

I will teach readers how to adopt the famous New York attitude, hustle, creativity and camaraderie, and make it their own. Iloved New York when I first came at six, and now as an older woman who has lived here for fifty years, I never cease to feelwonder, joy and gratitude for this city. Come with me, turn the page, and change your life. Chapters end with a lesson in happiness, a recipe for a classic New York dish, and recommendations for a movie and book aboutthe city that never sleeps.

A companion to Zitwer s THE KOREAN BOOK OF HAPPINESS (Short Books/Octopus 2023, now published in 12 languages), THENEW YORK BOOK OF HAPPINESS is an intimate exploration of how New York instils toughness and grit, fosters inclusion, open-mindedness and engenders success and happiness.

Barbara J Zitwer is a New York literary agent, playwright, novelist and founder of the Barbara J Zitwer Agency, a global literary and film agency basedin New York City. Singlehandedly responsible for introducing contemporary Korean literature to the world, she discovered and represented the 2016Man Booker Prize winner Han Kang (THE VEGETARIAN, HUMAN ACTS, THE WHITE BOOK) and the 2011 Man Asian Prize winner and NEW YORK TIMESbestseller Kyung-sook Shin (PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOM), as well as Korean international bestsellers You-jeong Jeong (THE GOOD SON), Sun-mi Hwang(THE HEN WHO DREAMED SHE COULD FLY) and Un-Su Kim (THE PLOTTERS). Zitwer was awarded the 2016 International Literary Agent of the YearAward by the British Publishing Association, and the 2016 Special Literature Agent Prize by the Korean Government Ministry of Culture. Herpublications are THE KOREAN BOOK OF HAPPINESS (Short Books/Octopus), THE JM BARRIE LADIES SWIMMING SOCIETY, and WHEN THE SEABELONGED TO US. She lives in New York City with her husband and beloved dog.