Literary Birthday – 28 March – Lauren Weisberger

Happy Birthday, Lauren Weisberger, born 28 March 1977.

Lauren Weisberger Quotes

1. So much of my own life inspires what I write. Whether it’s work, family, friends, motherhood, I am a writer who tends to write what she knows. In Revenge Wears Prada, a great deal of my own life finds its way into the book.
2. As long as I’m able to actually maintain a career where I can write full-time, I’ll be thrilled.
3. So much of writing is done alone in a room in sweatpants, with only the Internet for company.
4. Of course I consider myself a Jewish writer – I am one! All of the protagonists in my five books have been Jewish, and I wouldn’t be surprised if all my future main characters were as well.
5. It’s the hardest thing in the world to dedicate to writing, but if you do that even once a week, after six months or a year you’ll have something substantial.

Lauren Weisberger is an American novelist. She is best known for writing The Devil Wears Prada. The book was a roman à clef of her experience as an assistant to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Film rights to The Devil Wears Prada were acquired by 20th Century Fox, which released a movie of the same name in 2006. Her other books include Revenge Wears Prada, The Singles Game, When Life Gives You Lululemons and Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty. You can find Lauren on Facebook and Instagram.

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by Amanda Patterson

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