Lauren Oyler

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Lauren Oyler
BornHurricane, West Virginia, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, critic
LanguageEnglish
EducationHurricane High School
Alma materYale University (BA)
Website
laurenoyler.com

Lauren Oyler 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.[4][6] She graduated in 2012[1] from Yale University with a degree in English on a National Merit Scholarship.[6][7]

Career[]

After graduating, Oyler moved to Berlin where she worked as a freelance copy editor. In 2015, she moved to New York to become an editor at Broadly, the now-defunct site on gender and identity for Vice.[1] She also co-authored and ghostwrote a number of books.[8]

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

Publications[]

  • Fake Accounts, Catapult, 2021 ISBN 1948226928
  • , second author with Alyssa Mastromonaco, Little, Brown Book Group, 2017.
  • , second author with Alyssa Mastromonaco, Twelve, 2019.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Bucknell, Clare (January 20, 2021). "Meet Critic Lauren Oyler: The Literary World's Provocateur Releases a Debut Novel". 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. ^ Jump up to: a b 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 Magazine. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Wilcox, Laura. "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. ^ Silman, Anna (January 25, 2021). "What Does Lauren Oyler Like?". The Cut.


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