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Melissa Kirsch (born 1974) is an American author who writes predominantly about media, politics, and women's issues. Her most recent book, ''The Girl’s Guide'', provides advice to women on topics ranging from financial issues to dating. Currently, Kirsch lives in
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, blogs for the ''
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'', and writes the "My Secret Library" column for the KGB Bar Lit. Kirsch is from Westport, Connecticut and attended Staples High School. As of 2017, Kirsch is the editor-in-chief of Lifehacker. She is the host of the podcast The Upgrade.


Early life and education

Kirsch completed her undergraduate studies at the
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in 1996."Spring 2007 Arts: New&Notable: ''The Girl’s Guide to Absolutely Everything'': Melissa Kirsch (Col ’96) Workman Publishing Co." ''University of Virginia Magazine'' Spring 2007. Found a
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She then completed a Master's in Creative Writing at
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.


Career

Kirsch's professional writing career began in 1998 when she was working as a senior producer for Oxygen Media and editing the Girls On website.Melissa Kirsch biography on her website
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Kirsch also wrote the advice column “Ask Princess” for Oxygen Media. Other works by Kirsch include her poem "Sleep's Underside" in ''Acquainted with the Night'' (a collection of poems about insomnia) and various articles, which have been featured in ''
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'', '' National Geographic Traveler'', ''
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''.Melissa Kirsch's page on the Huffington Post
Accessed June 22, 2010.
New York magazine website listing of articles by Melissa Kirsch
Accessed June 22, 2010.
Kirsch wrote the advice book for women in ''The Girl’s Guide''. She also blogs for the
Huffington Post ''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and ...
. She is editor-in-chief of the website Lifehacker and hosts the podcast The Upgrade. She was a finalist for a James Beard Award in Journalism in 2009 and was a fellow at the MacDowell Colony in 2014. Her poetry has been published in North American Review, Meridien, Northwest Review, Cincinnati Review, Indiana Review and Fence. Her essay “Most Helpful Critical Review” was published in Southwest Review and was cited as a Notable Essay in ''Best American Essays 2015''.


Selected works

*''The Girl’s Guide to Absolutely Everything'' (Workman, 2007) *''The Girl’s Guide'' (Workman, 2015)


References


External links


Official site
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