Susan Jane Gilman





Susan Jane Gilman

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Writer, journalist, inadvertent humorist.

Background: Made, born, raised in New York City

Career: Author of three nonfiction books, Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, Hypocrite
in a Pouffy White Dress, and Kiss My Tiara (see bookshelf). Have contributed to numerous
anthologies, worked as journalist, and written for New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Ms.,
Real Simple, Washington City Paper, Us magazine among others. Won New York Press
Association Award for features written on assignment in Poland.

Areas of specialty: politics, women’s issues, cultural criticism, arts, satire.

Television: Appeared twice on “The Today Show” for promotion of books as well as ABC
World News; WGN-America; WCAU-TV "The 10!" in Philadelphia; "AM Northwest" on ABC in
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Recently, an interviewer for JAM magazine asked me, "Which phrases do you over-use the most?"



My answer: "Cry me a fucking river" and "the world should have my problems."



Indeed. The reason I haven't posted a blog since the New Year has been that I've been consumed writing my latest book, which, I'm happy to report, is turning out to be every bit as agonizing, soul-crushing, and demented as my o... read more »
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Hypocrite in a Pouffy White...
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Undress Me in the Temple of...
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Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule ...
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“Good girls don't hurt other people's feelings. Good girls are not overly aggressive, competitive, or boastful. Good girls please others. But what good girls are good for is another question.”
Susan Jane Gilman, Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess

“WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I was so girlie and ambitious, I was practically a drag queen. I wanted to be everything at once: a prima ballerina, an actress, a model, a famous artist, a nurse, an Ice Capades dancer, and Batgirl. I spent inordinate amounts of time waltzing around our living room with a doily on my head, imagining in great detail my promenade down the runway as the new Miss America, during which time I would also happen to receive a Nobel Prize for coloring.”
Susan Jane Gilman

“A girl doesn't need a guy in her life in order to act like a complete idiot. Certainly I, at least, never have.”
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