Lauren Oyler

Lauren Oyler
Born1990 or 1991 (age 34–35)
Hurricane, West Virginia, United States
EducationYale University (BA)
OccupationsAuthor, critic
Notable workFake Accounts

Lauren Oyler (born 1990 or 1991) is an American author and critic. Her debut novel, Fake Accounts, was published in February 2021.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and education

Oyler was born and raised in Hurricane, West Virginia, where she attended Hurricane High School and was named a National Merit Scholar.[4][6] She graduated in 2012[1] from Yale University with a degree in English.[7]

Career

After graduating, Oyler moved to Berlin where she worked as a freelance copy editor. In 2015 she moved to New York City to become an editor at Broadly, the now-defunct site on gender and identity for Vice.[1] She also co-authored two books with Alyssa Mastromonaco about Mastromonaco's time in the Obama administration.[4] Her work has appeared in Harper's Magazine, the London Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian,[8] The New Yorker, The Baffler, and The New York Review of Books, among others.[9] Her negative review of Jia Tolentino’s essay collection Trick Mirror generated so much traffic that it crashed the London Review of Books' website.[4]

Her debut novel, Fake Accounts, was published by Catapult in February 2021.[1]

Her essay collection, No Judgement, was published by HarperOne in 2024 to mixed reviews.[10][11] In a review for Bookforum, Ann Manov criticized Oyler for overusing her personal experiences in her writing. Manov also criticized Oyler for using Google and Wikipedia instead of original research, which Sheila Heti also noted in an interview with Oyler.[12][13]

Publications

  • Oyler, Lauren (2021). Fake Accounts. Catapult. ISBN 1948226928.
  • Mastromonaco, Alyssa (2017). Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House. with Lauren Oyler. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1455588220.
  • Mastromonaco, Alyssa (2019). So Here's the Thing...: Notes on Growing Up, Getting Older, and Trusting Your Gut. with Lauren Oyler. Twelve. ISBN 978-1538731550.
  • Oyler, Lauren (2024). No Judgment: Essays. HarperOne. ISBN 978-0063235359.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bucknell, Clare (January 20, 2021). "Meet Critic Lauren Oyler: The Literary World's Provocateur Releases a Debut Novel". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021 – via www.wsj.com.
  2. ↑ Munday, Oliver (January 9, 2021). "Lauren Oyler on the Drama of Swiping and Scrolling". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  3. ↑ says, Mia (December 16, 2020). "A Year in Reading: Lauren Oyler". The Millions. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Silman, Anna (January 25, 2021). "What Does Lauren Oyler Like?". The Cut. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  5. ↑ West-Knights, Imogen (January 24, 2021). "The rise of the internet novel". Prospect. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ Wilcox, Laura (April 29, 2008). "Three area students get Merit scholarships". The Herald-Dispatch. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Contributor Lauren Oyler". HuffPost. Archived from the original on February 1, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  8. ↑ Oyler, Lauren (June 23, 2026). "Me and my idiot AI boyfriend, Matt". The Guardian. The long read. pp. 5–8. I believe that chatbots have no place in a decent society, and am repelled by the topic of Al in general. But could I be seduced?
  9. ↑ "All Writing — Lauren Oyler". laurenoyler.com. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
  10. ↑ Cooke, Rachel (February 19, 2024). "No Judgement by Lauren Oyler review – modish observations from a rarefied world". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  11. ↑ Becca, Rothfield (March 16, 2024). "Lauren Oyler thinks she's better than you". The Washington Post.
  12. ↑ Manov, Ann. "Star Struck". www.bookforum.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  13. ↑ Heti, Sheila (April 3, 2024). "A Sense of Agency: A Conversation with Lauren Oyler". The Paris Review. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
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