Gabrielle Korn
Author Interview - Gabrielle Korn
Author of Everybody (Else) Is Perfect
“A provocative and intimate collection of personal and cultural essays featuring eye-opening explorations of hot button topics for modern women, including internet feminism, impossible beauty standards in social media, shifting ideals about sexuality, and much more.”
Author Interview - Gabrielle Korn
Author I draw inspiration from: Roxane Gay, Michelle Tea, Melissa Broder
Author Interview - Gabrielle Korn
Favorite place to read a book: Honestly happy to read anywhere.
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with: Zara from Anxious People by Fredrik Backman. She was so MEAN and smart and complicated. I would love to be in a situation where she had no choice but to talk to me.
Author Interview - Gabrielle Korn
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author: It wasn't any one singular moment. I've always wanted it!
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook: Paperback. Love to be able to bend a cover around.
The last book I read: Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
Author Interview - Gabrielle Korn
Pen & paper or computer: Computer. No one can read my handwriting, including me.
Book character I think I’d be best friends with: Cameron Post, from The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily Danforth
Author Interview - Gabrielle Korn
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a: Being an author is actually my side hustle. I'm a journalist and digital media strategist.
Favorite decade in fashion history: The 1970s. I want to live in long sleeve maxi dresses.
Place I’d most like to travel: ANYWHERE!! Like everyone I've been in my own home all year. I would love to go literally anywhere else.
My signature drink: Red wine.
Favorite artist: Amy Sherald
Number one on my bucket list: I honestly don't have a bucket list! Maybe it's time to make one.
Anything else you'd like to add: This is my first book and it's the most vulnerable thing I've ever done. I hope it speaks to you!
Find more from the author:
@gabriellekorn on instagram
@gabrielle_korn on twitter
Author Bio:
Gabrielle Korn is a journalist, digital media expert, and the former editor-in-chief of Nylon Media, an international lifestyle publication focused on emerging culture. She currently works in editorial at Netflix. She graduated from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2011 with a concentration in feminist/queer theory and writing. She lives in Brooklyn.
