Christie Tate is an American writer and essayist known for her memoirs Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life and B.F.F.: A Memoir of Friendship Lost and Found. Her work primarily explores mental health, personal relationships, and vulnerability, with a focus on themes drawn from her own life experiences. Group became a New York Times bestseller and was selected as a Reese’s Book Club pick in 2020.[1][2]