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Janelle Brown

Janelle Brown

American writer

Janelle Brown (born September 12, 1973)[1] is an American novelist.

From 1995 to 1998, she worked at Wired, helping launch Wired News, and was named one of the Top 25 Women on the Web.[2] From 1998 to 2002, Brown worked as a senior writer at Salon.com, writing about technology and culture.[3] She was also the co-founder of Maxi, an early online feminist zine.[4]

Five of her novels have made the New York Times bestseller list.[5][6] Her novel Pretty Things is currently being adapted as a television series reported to include actress Nicole Kidman.[7]

Novels

  • All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, 2008
  • This is Where We Live, 2010
  • Watch Me Disappear, 2017
  • Pretty Things, 2020
  • I'll Be You, 2022

References

  1. [1]
    "Pretty Things - Janelle Brown - Author Biography - LitLovers". www.litlovers.com. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  2. [2]
    Moon, Amy (1998-01-30). "Webgrrls: Top 25 women on the Web". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  3. [3]
    Wood, Barbara. "A writer's journey: from local schools to the best-seller lists". www.almanacnews.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  4. [4]
    Maran, Meredith (2017-07-28). "Q&A: Janelle Brown on taboos, motherhood and her novel 'Watch Me Disappear'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  5. [5]
    "Audio Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Aug. 2, 2020 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  6. [6]
    "Hardcover Fiction Books - Best Sellers - Books - Aug. 6, 2017 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  7. [7]
    "How 'Pretty Things' author Janelle Brown wrote the novel behind Nicole Kidman's newest project". EW.com. Retrieved 2021-05-13.


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