Maureen Callahan

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This article is about the New York Post writer. For the food writer, see Maureen Callahan (food writer).

Maureen Callahan is an American writer and editor for the New York Post known for her opinion pieces regarding politics, pop culture, and current events. She generally expresses right-wing views in regards to political and social issues and self-depreciation regarding her Irish heritage.

Early life and education[]

Callahan is Irish-American and grew up on Long Island.[1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Career[]

Callahan began working for Sassy magazine and MTV at age 17. Marc Spitz wrote about going to a Michael Jackson concert and sharing the experience of growing up in the 1980s with Callahan in his book Poseur: a memoir of downtown New York in the '90s.[2]

[1] She has written for Sassy, Spin, New York magazine, MTV, and Vanity Fair. She authored Champagne Supernovas: Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion, a 2014 non-fiction account of the fashion industry and Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga in 2010.[3]

Callahan received an ASCAP-Deems Taylor award as co-author of "Don't Drink the Brown Water", a piece in SPIN magazine about what led to riots and violence at Woodstock '99.[4][5] Callahan was interviewed as a part of Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage a documentary produced by HBO.[6]

In 2016, Irish America listed Callahan as one of its "Top 50 Power Women" of the year.[1] In 2019, Callahan published the true crime book American Predator.[7][8]

Bibliography[]

  • Champagne Supernovas: Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, Alexander McQueen, and the '90s Renegades Who Remade Fashion by Maureen Callahan, Simon and Schuster, September 2, 2014
  • Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga by Maureen Callahan, Hachette Books, September 14, 2010

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Maureen Callahan - Irish America". Irishamerica.com. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. ^ Spitz, Marc (12 February 2013). Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the '90s. Da Capo Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-306-82174-5.
  3. ^ "Maureen Callahan". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  4. ^ "33rd Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipients". ASCAP. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Spin editors honored". SPIN. January 2001. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  6. ^ "HBO's 'Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage' Will Cure Your 1990s Nostalgia". Vogue. 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  7. ^ Lyons, CJ. "American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century". New York Journal of Books.
  8. ^ Drabelle, Dennis (July 3, 2019). "American Predator". The Washington Post.


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