Hillary Carlip
Encyclopedia
Hillary Carlip is an American
author, screenwriter, performance artist, and singer.
, won an American Library Association
Award. Carlip's memoir Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan, forms a chronology of her life experiences.
Carlip is the creator, editor and host of the literary website "Fresh Yarn" which hosts works written by a diverse range of writers, performers and personalities. She has also been an NPR
commentator, having written and recorded pieces for All Things Considered. With Josh Kilmer-Purcell
, Danielle Trussoni
, and Maria Dahvana Headley
, she is a founding member of The Memoirists Collective, a group that seeks new talent in nonfiction.
Early in her screenwriting career Carlip's first film script, SKIRTS, co-written with Miss Congeniality co-writer, Katie Ford
, sold to Columbia Studios. She has also done script rewrites for animated films for Disney including An Extremely Goofy Movie.
As a visual artist, Carlip has a web production and design company called Fly HC, whose clients include Jennifer Aniston
. From 1999 to 2001 she was Co-President, Founder, and Executive Creative Director of the teen web network VOXXY.
Carlip is also the lead of the group "Angel and the Reruns" and has performed with The Flying Karamazov Brothers
.
United States
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author, screenwriter, performance artist, and singer.
Career
Carlip's first book Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out was published in 1995. Her second book, Zine Scene, which she designed herself and co-wrote with Francesca Lia BlockFrancesca Lia Block
Francesca Lia Block is the author of adult and young adult fiction, short stories, screenplays and poetry, most famously the Weetzie Bat series. Block wrote her first book, Weetzie Bat, while a student at UC Berkeley; it was published in 1989 by Harper Collins. She is known for her use of imagery,...
, won an American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
Award. Carlip's memoir Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan, forms a chronology of her life experiences.
Carlip is the creator, editor and host of the literary website "Fresh Yarn" which hosts works written by a diverse range of writers, performers and personalities. She has also been an NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
commentator, having written and recorded pieces for All Things Considered. With Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Josh Kilmer-Purcell
Josh Kilmer-Purcell is an American writer. In 2006 Harper Perennial published I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir, a tragicomic account of Kilmer-Purcell's early days in New York City, living as an advertising art director by day and a drag queen named "Aquadisiac" by night...
, Danielle Trussoni
Danielle Trussoni
Danielle Anne Trussoni is an American writer. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including The New York Times Magazine, Telegraph Magazine, and The New York Times Book Review...
, and Maria Dahvana Headley
Maria Dahvana Headley
Maria Dahvana Headley is an American writer.She graduated from Vallivue High School in Caldwell, Idaho, in 1995, and attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts Dramatic Writing Program from 1996-2000....
, she is a founding member of The Memoirists Collective, a group that seeks new talent in nonfiction.
Early in her screenwriting career Carlip's first film script, SKIRTS, co-written with Miss Congeniality co-writer, Katie Ford
Katie Ford (screenwriter)
Katie Ford is a Canadian-American film and television writer. She was born in New York City, but spent much of her childhood living in Toronto....
, sold to Columbia Studios. She has also done script rewrites for animated films for Disney including An Extremely Goofy Movie.
As a visual artist, Carlip has a web production and design company called Fly HC, whose clients include Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston is an American actress, film director, and producer, best known for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends, a role which earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.Aniston has also enjoyed a successful film career,...
. From 1999 to 2001 she was Co-President, Founder, and Executive Creative Director of the teen web network VOXXY.
Carlip is also the lead of the group "Angel and the Reruns" and has performed with The Flying Karamazov Brothers
The Flying Karamazov Brothers
The Flying Karamazov Brothers are a juggling and comedy troupe who have been performing since 1973. They learned their trade while performing as street artists in Santa Cruz, California...
.
Selected bibliography
- Girl Power: Young Women Speak Out (Warner Books, 1995)
- Zine Scene (Girl Press, 1999)
- Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan (HarperCollins May, 2006)
- FIRED!: Tales of the Canned, Canceled, Downsized, & Dismissed (Simon and Schuster’s Touchstone Books, 2006)
- A La Carte:The Secret Lists of Grocery Shoppers(2008)