Janelle Brown
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Janelle Brown is a bestselling American novelist. She is the author of Pretty Things (2020), Watch Me Disappear (2017), This Is Where We Live (2010) and All We Ever Wanted Was Everything (2008), three of which were New York Times bestsellers. [1] [2] Pretty Things is currently being adapted as a television series for Nicole Kidman and Blossom Pictures, and was picked as one of the best books of 2020 by Amazon. [3] [4]
A former journalist, Brown worked as a senior writer at Salon.com from 1998 - 2002, writing about technology and culture, and was considered an influential early chronicle of the digital music industry. [5] From 1995 - 1998, she worked at Wired, helping launch Wired News, and was named one of the Top 25 Women on the Web. [6] She was also the co-founder of Maxi, an influential early online feminist zine. [7] [8] Her writing has appeared in many publications including the New York Times to Vogue.
She grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, went to UC Berkeley and currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, director Greg Harrison.
References
- ↑ "Audio Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Aug. 2, 2020 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "Hardcover Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Aug. 6, 2017 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "How 'Pretty Things' author Janelle Brown wrote the novel behind Nicole Kidman's newest project". EW.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "Amazon Book Review". www.amazonbookreview.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ Wood, Barbara. "A writer's journey: from local schools to the best-seller lists". www.almanacnews.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ Moon, Amy (1998-01-30). "Webgrrls: Top 25 women on the Web". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ "This Is Not Chick Lit: A Q&A With Writer Janelle Brown". Jezebel. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ↑ Facebook; Twitter; options, Show more sharing; Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Email; URLCopied!, Copy Link; Print (2017-07-28). "Janelle Brown on taboos, motherhood and her novel 'Watch Me Disappear'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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