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Jennifer Oko

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in New York, NY, The United States

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Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary

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Jennifer Oko is a writer, journalist, and filmmaker. Her memoir Lying Together: My Russian Affair was twice named an Editor’s Choice in the New York Times Book Review, which called it “simply riveting.” Her novel Gloss, a satire of morning television news, also received ample praise, with Marie Claire magazine comparing it to Carl Hiaasen’s Lucky You and The Chicago Tribune saying it was “a rare treat.” Gloss was optioned by eOne Entertainment to be developed as a television series. Her novel Head Case is a comic mystery about psycho-pharmaceutical trafficking, which she swears is not autobiographical in any way.

Her latest novel, Just Emilia, is a dark, time-traveling comedy about three women who are trapped in an elevator and forced to gra ...more

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Average rating: 3.6 · 458 ratings · 189 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	Just Emilia 3.67 avg rating — 214 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Head Case 3.68 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gloss 3.35 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2007 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lying Together: My Russian Affair by Jennifer Beth Cohen, Jennifer Oko (Goodreads Author) 3.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gloss: A Compelling Mystery Where the Beauty Industry Meets a Dark Political Conspiracy 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jennifer Oko and 3 other people liked Doha's review of Just Emilia: "If someone asked me, gun to my head, would I get stuck in an elevator with my younger self or older self, I'd say pull the trigger. I really liked this. The author did such a good job of making three characters so different yet so similar. Like, even " Read more of this review »
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Jennifer Oko and 11 other people liked Vrinda's Book Nook's review of Just Emilia: "⏪⏳⏩ What if you got stuck in an elevator with three versions of yourself across time? The past, present and future collide, as Emilia works through the trauma from a tragic event in her past. She is forced to reckon with her present life and where t" Read more of this review »
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