Lauren Weisberger

Novelist

Lauren Weisberger was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States on March 28th, 1977 and is the Novelist. At the age of 47, Lauren Weisberger biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
March 28, 1977
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Age
47 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Profession
Journalist, Novelist, Writer
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Parkland High School, Cornell University
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Mike Cohen ​(m. 2008)​
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2
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Lauren Weisberger Life

Lauren Weisberger (born March 28, 1977) is an American novelist and author of the 2003 bestseller The Devil Wears Prada, a roman à clef of her experience as a put-upon assistant to Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

Early life and education

Weisberger was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to a school teacher mother and a department store president turned mortgage broker father. Her family is Jewish, and she was raised in Conservative Judaism and later Reform Judaism. She spent her early youth in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, a small town outside Scranton. At age eleven, her parents divorced and she and her younger sister moved to Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state, with their mother.

She attended Parkland High School in South Whitehall Township near Allentown, Pennsylvania, where she was involved in intramural sports, some competitive sports, extra projects, and organizations. She graduated from Parkland High School in 1995 and attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where she was an English major and a sorority member of Alpha Epsilon Phi, graduating in 1999.

After graduating from Cornell University, Weisberger backpacked through much of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, including Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Thailand, India, Nepal, and Hong Kong.

Personal life

Weisberger lives in New York City with her husband and two children.

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Lauren Weisberger Career

Career

Weisberger, who was back in the United States after her backpacking trip, settled in Manhattan, where she was hired as an assistant to Vogue editor Anna Wintour. Richard Story, a Vogue features editor, and she and Vogue editors editors, have left the journal after ten months. Weisberger said she felt out of place in the magazine, but Vogue managing editor Laurie Jones later said, "She seemed to be a perfectly happy, lovely woman."

Weisberger and Story began writing 100-word reviews and became an assistant editor for Departures, an American Express newspaper. She also wrote an article in Playboy magazine in 2004.

He referred her to his friend Charles Salzberg after mentioning her interest in writing classes to Story. She started writing a book about her time with Vogue and ended it by attempting to write 15 pages every couple of weeks. She presented the finished product to agents after repeated requests; it was sold in less than two weeks.

The Devil Wears Prada, Weisberger's first book, was released by Broadway Books in 2003; it spent six months on The New York Times Best Seller List. According to Publishers Weekly, the Devil Wears Prada was the country's best-selling mass-market softcover book by July 2006.

The Devil Wears Prada is a semi-fictional but largely critical portrayal of the Manhattan elite, largely based on Weisberger's experience at Vogue magazine. Miranda Priestly, the book's main character, is widely believed to be based on Condé Nast. The book explores several of the humorous features of a first work in the world of haute fashion.

Despite being commercially successful, the book was not well-received at Vogue. In The New York Times, Kate Betts, a Vogue editor, attacked Weisberger and the book, saying that "Andrea is just as much a snob as the snobs she is thrown in with."

By 20th Century Fox, which released a film of the same name in June 2006, starring Meryl Stour (ostensibly as Wintour) and Anne Hathaway (ostensibly as Weisberger). The film grossed $27.5 million in its debut weekend and had over $125 million and global sales of $326 million, making it one of the top-grossing films of summer 2006.

In many ways, the film differs from the book. Andrea is a graduate of Northwestern University, for example; in the book, she says she is a Brown University graduate. Miranda befuddles Andrea when a colleague falls ill in Paris, according to the film. Emily is the author's first book, but Miranda is unable to go with her. Andrea's best friend Lily is an alcoholic who gets into a car accident, leaving Andrea with the decision whether to remain with Miranda in Paris or return to help her friend. Andrea and Miranda's appearance in Paris do not include any of these specifics and ends with them meeting each other with mutual admiration. Andrea, on the other hand, curses Miranda to her face and is subsequently dismissed.

In the film, Weisberger appeared as the twins' nanny for a brief period.

Fox purchased the television rights to the book in October 2006, but the book was never produced.

Weisberger's second book, Everyone Worth Knowing, was published in fall 2005 and was based on the trials and tribulations of the New York City public relations industry; Weisberger's book, Everyone Worth Knowing, was released by Simon & Schuster. It received mainly critical feedback. The New York Times Book Review described it as "fatuous, clunky." It was a "lackluster imitate" on USA Today, and Entertainment Weekly said it was a "hoohum rehash" of The Devil Wears Prada. It debuted on The New York Times Best Sellers List at No. 2 on the New York Times' list of Top Sellers List. Tensions were off the list in two weeks and the company was eventually criticized for poor sales. Eliza Dushku, a comedian, read the audio book. The novel was released in several European countries under the titles Gossip and Gucci.

Chasing Harry Winston Winston's third book, which was published in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2008, and in May 19, 2008. The book's central characters, Emmy, Adriana, and Leigh, are three of the best friends in New York City, and are concerned about being turned 30. Emmy's most recent recruits are expected to make a dramatic shift and locate guys from every continent for casual affairs. Adriana, a beautiful Brazilian woman, is trying to get a Harry Winston ring on her finger before her first wrinkles appear. Leigh, the one with the perfect life, has no idea what she needs in order to be healthy and relaxed.

Universal Pictures acquired the rights to the book in September 2008, and it was released in French, Dutch, and Italian. The novel was released in several European countries under the brand Chanel Chic. Unanello da Tiffany & Co, an Italian ring (A ring from Tiffany & Co). Sexe, diamants et plus si affinités (Sex, Diamonds, and perhaps more...) are French words.

Critics blasted the book as "the country's best Book of 2008" by Entertainment Weekly.

Chateau Marmont's last night was announced in August 2010. It debuted at No. 1 in the United States. On September 5, 2010, 9 on the New York Times Bestseller List at number nine.

Revenge Wears Prada, a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, was published on June 4, 2013. It debuted at No. 1 in the United States. 3 on The New York Times Bestseller List.

In 2016, the Singles Game was first announced.

When Life Gives You Lululemons, a second sequel to The Devil Wears Prada, was released in 2018. In the film version, Emily Charlton, Miranda's Priestly's assistant, was played by Emily Blunt. This book has also been published under the name The Wives.

Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty were released in May 2021. Under the title One Little Lie, this book has also been published in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

In the anthology American Girls About Town, she's short story "The Bamboo Confessions" is included. It's about a New York backpacker who travels around the world and, in doing so, begins to see her love life back home in a new light.

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SAG Awards 2024 the reunions!Casts from The Devil Wears Prada, Lord Of The Rings, Modern Family and Breaking Bad enjoy catch ups at annual event

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 25, 2024
On Saturday night at the historic Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the 30th annual SAG Awards took place. All the leading actors from film and television were on hand in the hopes of winning gongs. However, there were a number of overdue reunions at the star-studded celebration, as well as the excitement of winning awards.

Vanessa Williams to star in Elton John's West End version of The Devil Wears Prada as she lands lead role as Miranda Priestly

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 19, 2024
In Elton John's West End version of The Devil Wears Prada, Vanessa Williams will return to theatre in October as Miranda Priestly. The stage production is based on Lauren Weisberger's 2003 book that was used as the basis for the 2006 film, which starred Meryl Streep as her fearsome magazine editor and Anne Hathaway as her doting assistant. The performance will run in the summer at Plymouth Theatre from Tuesday, July 9, before debuting at London's Dominion Theatre on Thursday, October 24.

Devil Wears Prada in real life! At Michael Kors fashion preview, Anne Hathaway appears next to Anna Wintour

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 14, 2022
Anne Hathaway was seen sitting next to Anna Wintour at the Michael Kors' Spring/Summer fashion show, 16 years after appearing in The Devil Wears Prada, based on the longtime editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine. Andy Sachs, her beloved character from Lauren Weisberger's 2003 book of the same name, would never have been allowed to sit next to a fashion heavy hitter, including the Oscar winner, 39, on the runway. With her swanky brunette tresses pulled into a sleek ponytail and a dark brown leather jacket, the Ocean's 8 actress managed to recreate one of her most iconic looks from the film.