Heather Havrilesky

Heather Havrilesky (born circa 1970[1]) is an American author, writer, and humorist. She writes the advice column "Ask Polly" for New York magazine. Her book How to Be a Person in the World was released in July 2016.

Early work

In 1996, Havrilesky was brought on as a writer at Suck.com, a webzine that was one of the web's earliest ad-supported content sites. Together with artist Terry Colon, she wrote the popular "Filler" comic strip for the site under the pen name Polly Esther.[2][3] In May 2001, she began writing an advice column on Suck, but the site went under a month later.[4]

Havrilesky began writing for Salon in 2003 as their TV critic.[5]

In 2011, Havrilesky became one of the original columnists for The Daily, the world's first iPad-only news app.[6] The site was shuttered by its parent News Corporation in December 2012.

Ask Polly

In 2012, Havrilesky started the popular New York magazine advice column Ask Polly.[7]

Books

Havrilesky wrote her first book, Disaster Preparedness: A Memoir in 2010.[8] An autobiographical work, it dealt mostly with her upbringing in Durham, North Carolina.[9]

Her second book, How to Be a Person in the World, was released in July 2016. It combined previously published essays from her Ask Polly column with new material.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Havrilesky, Heather (2013). "Awaiting Renewal". aeon.co. Aeon. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Brian Braiker (2015-11-06). "Gen Xers rejoice: Suck.com comes back as a daily newsletter". Digiday. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  3. ↑ "Maria Bamford, Writers Galore, MATES and More: The Week In Podcasts". Nerdist. 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  4. ↑ "It's Never Been Harder to Be Young". NYMag.com. 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  5. ↑ Zack Smith (2016-07-06). "Heather Havrilesky, a Former Durhamite Turned New York Advice Columnist, Comes Home to Fix Your Life". IndyWeek. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  6. ↑ Miranda Popkey (2011-01-18). "Heather Havrilesky on 'Disaster Preparedness'". Paris Review. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  7. ↑ Alana Massey (2016-07-14). "Ask Polly's Heather Havrilesky: 'I feel connected to the people who write to me'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  8. ↑ Neil Genzlinger (2011-01-28). "The Problem With Memoirs". NY Times. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  9. ↑ Dan Zigmond (2011-02-06). "'Disaster Preparedness,' by Heather Havrilesky". SF Gate. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  10. ↑ Leah Greenblatt (2016-07-16). "How to Be a Person in the World by Heather Havrilesky: EW review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
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