Emily Gould

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Emily Gould

Gould at the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival.
Occupation Editor, blogger
Nationality American

Emily Gould (Silver Spring, Maryland October 13, 1981) is an American author. She is the co-owner, with Ruth Curry, of the indie e-bookstore Emily Books, and the former co-editor of Gawker.com.

Early life

Gould grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended Kenyon College for two years before transferring to Eugene Lang College in New York City. Gould resides in Brooklyn, New York.

Career

Gould began her blogging career as one-half of The Universal Review before starting her own blog, Emily Magazine, and writing for Gawker on a freelance basis. Before joining the Gawker staff, Gould was an associate editor at Disney's Hyperion imprint.[citation needed]

Gould, with Zareen Jaffery, is the co-author of the young adult novel Hex Education, which was released by Penguin's Razorbill imprint in May 2007. She is also the author of a memoir, "And the Heart Says Whatever," published by Free Press in May 2010. Her novel, "Friendship," is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.[1]

Criticism

On April 6, 2007, Emily Gould appeared on an episode of Larry King Live hosted by talk show host Jimmy Kimmel during a panel discussion entitled "Paparazzi: Do they go too far?" During the interview, Kimmel accused Gould of irresponsible journalism resulting from Gould's popular blog. Kimmel mentioned the possibility of assisting real stalkers, adding that Gould and her website could ultimately be responsible for someone's death. Kimmel continued to claim a lack of veracity in Gawker's published stories, and the potential for libel it presents. At the end of the exchange Gould stated that she didn't "think it was ok" for websites to publish false information, after which Kimmel said she should "check your website then."

On May 4, 2007, Gould wrote an article for the New York Times about the interview.[2] An article she wrote about her experiences with Gawker.com was the New York Times Magazine cover story on May 25, 2008.[3] In the article, she described how the negative response to her television appearance caused her to suffer panic attacks which led her to seek therapy.

References

  1. ↑ Rachel, Deahl. "Deals: Week of December 17, 2012". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 25 January 2013. 
  2. ↑ Gould, Emily (May 4, 2007). "Coordinates of the Rich and Famous". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-26. 
  3. ↑ Gould, Emily (May 25, 2008). "Exposed". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2008-05-26. 

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