Meghan Daum
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Meghan Daum is an American author, essayist, and journalist. Although she was born in California, Daum grew up primarily in Ridgewood, New Jersey
. She received her bachelor's degree from Vassar College
and her Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University
.
Daum spent much of her twenties in New York City
. In 1999, she moved to Lincoln, Nebraska
, and the experience became the catalyst for her 2003 novel The Quality of Life Report. This novel is a semi-roman à clef
for Daum, which follows the life and times of an ambitious young journalist named Lucinda Trout. She is also the author of a collection of essays, entitled My Misspent Youth.
Her work has appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, GQ, Harper's, and The Village Voice.
Daum lives in Los Angeles, California
and is currently a columnist for the Los Angeles Times
. Her column appears every Saturday in the Op-Ed section of the Times.
Ridgewood, New Jersey
Ridgewood is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the village population was 24,958. Ridgewood is an affluent suburban bedroom community of New York City, located approximately northwest of Midtown Manhattan.The Village of Ridgewood was...
. She received her bachelor's degree from Vassar College
Vassar College
Vassar College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, in the United States. The Vassar campus comprises over and more than 100 buildings, including four National Historic Landmarks, ranging in style from Collegiate Gothic to International,...
and her Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
.
Daum spent much of her twenties in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. In 1999, she moved to Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379....
, and the experience became the catalyst for her 2003 novel The Quality of Life Report. This novel is a semi-roman à clef
Roman à clef
Roman à clef or roman à clé , French for "novel with a key", is a phrase used to describe a novel about real life, overlaid with a façade of fiction. The fictitious names in the novel represent real people, and the "key" is the relationship between the nonfiction and the fiction...
for Daum, which follows the life and times of an ambitious young journalist named Lucinda Trout. She is also the author of a collection of essays, entitled My Misspent Youth.
Her work has appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, GQ, Harper's, and The Village Voice.
Daum lives in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
and is currently a columnist for the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
. Her column appears every Saturday in the Op-Ed section of the Times.