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Margaret Wappler

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in Upland, California, The United States

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Fiction, Science Fiction, Nonfiction

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Margaret Atwood, Aimee Bender, Don DeLillo, George Saunders

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I’m a writer based in Los Angeles. I’ve written about the arts and pop culture for the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, New York Times, Elle, Cosmo, the Believer, Village Voice and several other publications. My debut novel, Neon Green, came out July 2016 from Unnamed Press. I’m also a regular panelist on Pop Rocket, a weekly pop culture podcast from Maximum Fun.

I was on staff at the Los Angeles Times for seven years, covering music, books, film and TV. Before that I worked as the books and food editor at Newcity, a Chicago alt weekly. I also ran the books and fiction section of Venus, a magazine dedicated to covering women in music. My fiction and essays have appeared in Black Clock, Public Fiction, Joyland Retro, Yes Is the Answer: And O ...more

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	A Good Bad Boy: Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up 3.24 avg rating — 797 ratings — published 2024 — 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
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	Slouching Towards Los Angeles: Living and Writing By Joan Didion's Light by Steffie Nelson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jori Finkel (Contributor), Ann Friedman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Joyland Retro: Selections from Joyland Magazine (Volume 1) by Brian Joseph Davis, Nathan Sellyn, Roxane Gay (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011	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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“But some advice, man to man? These decisions that you're making now, son, they have consequences. They go on to form who you are and who you'll become. Whatever you decide, be confident enough in it that you don't have to lie. - Fred Andrews to Archie”
― Margaret Wappler

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“For most of life's raw deals, there is no restitution, restorative justice, or recourse at all...”
― Margaret Wappler, A Good Bad Boy: Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up

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“Correa told him that people, including fictional ones, grieve in different ways. You can be a puddle of tears. Or angry and punch a wall. Or quiet with seemingly no reaction. It is nobody's business. There is no emotional roadmap. The only requirement is to be authentic to the moment, whatever that means right now. - said to KJ Apa following Luke's death”
― Margaret Wappler, A Good Bad Boy: Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up

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