Sloane Crosley
Sloane Crosley (born August 3, 1979) is an American writer living in New York City known for her humorous essays, including the collections I Was Told There'd Be Cake, How Did You Get This Number, and Look Alive Out There. She has also worked as a publicist at the Vintage Books division of Random House and as an adjunct professor in Columbia University's Master of Fine Arts program. She graduated from Connecticut College in 2000.[1]
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Crosley at the 2015 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Born | August 3, 1978 New York, U.S. |
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| Education | Connecticut College (BA) |
| Subject | Nonfiction, fiction |
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Career edit
Riverhead Books published Crosley's first collection of essays I Was Told There'd Be Cake on April 1, 2008. The book became a New York Times bestseller.[2] It was a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, one of Amazon's best books of the year, and optioned by HBO. Crosley's second collection of essays, the 2010 book How Did You Get This Number, also became a New York Times bestseller. Farrar, Straus and Giroux released her debut novel The Clasp in October 2015; it was optioned by Universal Pictures in 2016. Her third book of essays Look Alive Out There was also a Thurber Prize finalist. Farrar, Straus and Giroux published Cult Classic by Crosley in 2022. In addition to her own books, Crosley edited The Best American Travel Writing in 2011.[3]
Crosley has published work in or edited for various magazines and newspapers. She was a weekly columnist for British newspaper The Independent in 2011. She is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and was the founding columnist for The New York Times "Townies" op-ed series, a columnist for The New York Observer Diary, a columnist for The Village Voice, a contributing editor at BlackBook Magazine and is a regular contributor to The New York Times, GQ, Elle, and NPR. She has also written cover stories and features for Salon, Spin, Vogue, Esquire, Playboy, W Magazine, and AFAR.[4] She co-wrote the song "It Only Gets Much Worse" with Nate Ruess.[5]
Her 2024 memoir Grief is for People was her first full length nonfiction book, and was published to positive review.[6] It focuses largely on the death of close friend Russell Perreault, the former executive director of publicity and social media for Penguin Random House’s Vintage Books imprint[7]
Crosley is co-chair of The New York Public Library's Young Lions Committee and serves on the board of Housingworks Bookstore.
In popular culture edit
In 2011 Crosley appeared on the TV series Gossip Girl as herself.[8] She appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on six occasions from 2010 to 2014.[8]
She was mentioned in BoJack Horseman when the character Diane Nguyen receives an advance for a book of personal essays. On July 4, 2022, she was a clue on Jeopardy.
Bibliography edit
Story and essay collections edit
- I Was Told There'd Be Cake. New York: Riverhead Books. 2008. ISBN 9781436207126.
- How Did You Get This Number. New York: Riverhead Books. 2010. ISBN 978-1594487590.
- Look Alive Out There. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2018. ISBN 978-0374279844.
Memoirs edit
- Grief Is for People. New York: MCD. 2024. ISBN 978-0374609849.[9][10]
Novels edit
- The Clasp. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2015. ISBN 9780374124410.
- Cult Classic. New York: MCD. 2022. ISBN 978-0374603397.
References edit
- ^ "Connecticut College Magazine Spring 2012".
- ^ "Best Sellers -- Paperback Nonfiction". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ Wilson, Jason (2011). Amazon page. ISBN 978-0547333366.
- ^ "Spin the Globe". 29 November 2011.
- ^ Spanos, Brittany (June 10, 2015). "Nate Ruess Details Every Track on 'Grand Romantic' Solo Debut". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- ^ Ford, Ashley C. (2024-02-28). "A Dazzling Humorist Returns With a Deep Dive Into Loss". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Russell Perreault". penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ a b "Sloane Crosley - IMDb". IMDb. Amazon. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
- ^ "Review | Sloane Crosley lost her best friend. She'll make you miss him, too". Washington Post. 2024-02-23. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Ford, Ashley C. (2024-02-28). "A Dazzling Humorist Returns With a Deep Dive Into Loss". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-18.