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Jilly Gagnon

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Born
in Edina, Minnesota
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Young Adult, Humor and Comedy

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February 2007

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**Please note I rarely check messages here -- find me on instagram, @jillygagnon, for contact!**

Jilly Gagnon is the author of the young adult novel #famous and the suspense novel All Dressed Up. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, Elle, Vanity Fair, The Toast, The Hairpin, The Huffington Post, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among others.

She lives in Salem, Massachusetts with her two cats. She loves terrible television and well-crafted Manhattans. ...more

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Jilly Gagnon Say yes to EVERYTHING. It took me 9 years to get a book sold--in the meantime, I wrote reviews of bakeries, short comedy pieces for anyone who would t…moreSay yes to EVERYTHING. It took me 9 years to get a book sold--in the meantime, I wrote reviews of bakeries, short comedy pieces for anyone who would take them, ghostwritten political pieces for the clients of PR firms, satire news for a fledgling site, political op-eds that ran in Canada, and, and, and (that only gets me to about year 5 or 6). I also wrote 4 books that didn't sell before one did.

All that effort is incredibly important. Writers face a lot of rejection, and learning to deal with it, get up, and write again, is possibly the most important thing you can do as a writer. Beyond that, all that writing made me better. I needed to do everything in between book one and right now to get to a place where I was ready.(less)
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Jilly Gagnon For #famous, there's a pretty clear precedent: the "Alex from Target" story. I think the idea of instantaneous, unexpected fame is fascinating, and ma…moreFor #famous, there's a pretty clear precedent: the "Alex from Target" story. I think the idea of instantaneous, unexpected fame is fascinating, and makes for a great story!(less)
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Average rating: 3.31 · 10,114 ratings · 3,074 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors
#famous
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Love You, Mean It
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Breaking news: moving sucks.Breakinger news: if you’re a “pack the books two months before”-style planner and your partner is a “maybe they’ll hold the flight for us”-style procrastinator, MOVING SUCKS WAY MORE.Because despite the fact that we had all summer to get ready—sell the furniture we weren’t bringing; clean out the mountain of trash in the basement so large and mold-infested that I think Read more of this blog post »
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“Doing this would be like starting with a paper cut and trying to bandage it with a machete.”
― Jilly Gagnon, #famous
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“I know how to tell the better story.”
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“When you sing, do little birds come and do your hair for you? I swear, Kyle, you’re the most sunshiney person I’ve ever met.”
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message 6: by Jilly
Nov 01, 2015 06:41AM

Jilly Gagnon Mauoijenn ~ *Mouthy Jenn* ~ wrote: "Happy Halloween :)

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YAY!


message 5: by Mauoijenn
Oct 31, 2015 07:21PM

Mauoijenn Happy Halloween :)




message 4: by Jilly
Sep 05, 2015 12:42PM

Jilly Gagnon ❀Aimee❀ Just one more page... wrote: "Thanks for the add. Looking forward to sharing reviews and thoughts!
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Man, you're a WAY smoother dancer than me. ;)


message 3: by ❀Aimee❀ Just one more page...
Sep 05, 2015 12:41PM

❀Aimee❀ Just one more page... Thanks for the add. Looking forward to sharing reviews and thoughts!
Thank you dance


message 2: by Jilly
Sep 04, 2015 08:37PM

Jilly Gagnon Mauoijenn ~ *Mouthy Jenn* ~ wrote: "Absolutelyfuckingtively estatic that we found each other through Goodreads. You have a wicked good eye sister!

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BEST. DIARY. EVER.

Spirit animals.


message 1: by Mauoijenn
Sep 04, 2015 08:07PM

Mauoijenn Absolutelyfuckingtively estatic that we found each other through Goodreads. You have a wicked good eye sister!




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