I’m Ann Friedman, a journalist, essayist, and author. I send a popular weekly email newsletter. I co-wrote the best-selling book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close and co-hosted the pioneering podcast Call Your Girlfriend. You can find my writing in places like The Cut, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, ELLE. I am a contributing editor to The Gentlewoman. I run creative workshops with my friend Jade Chang. And I’m working on a new book about modern adulthood, to be published by Viking Books in 2024.

Once upon a time, I was a magazine editor. I’m originally from Dubuque, Iowa, and now I live in Los Angeles, California.

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