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. Career. 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. 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 is slated to publish another novel  by Crosley in early 2022. In addition to her own books, Crosley edited "The Best American Travel Writing" in 2011. 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". She co-wrote the song "It Only Gets Much Worse" with Nate Ruess. 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. In 2011 Crosley appeared on the TV series "Gossip Girl" as herself, and was a regular fixture on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson".