Ann Shoket is an American magazine writer and editor. She is the author of ''The Big Life'' and the former editor-in-chief of ''

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'' magazine.

Education

Shoket received her BA from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

Career

She is the author of ''The Big Life: Embrace the Mess, Work Your Side Hustle, Find a Monumental Relationship, and Become the Badass Babe You Were Meant to Be''. She was editor-in-chief of ''

'' from 2007-2014. She began her career as a reporter at Steven Brill's ''

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''Tag'', an online community of artists and writers. Shoket was also senior editor with the ''

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'' family of publications, and executive editor of ''

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'' magazine. While at CosmoGIRL! she created a "CosmoGIRL! Born to Lead" patch program with The Girl Scouts and she developed a national leadership campaign with

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with the goal of putting a reader in the White House by the year 2024. She has also appeared in several episodes of the reality show series ''

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'' as a judge.

References

External links

Ann Shoket's official website

Biography at Magazine Publishers of America website
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