Dana Schwartz

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Dana Jae Schwartz
Born (1993-01-07) January 7, 1993 (age 31)
Alma mater Brown University
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • screenwriter
Years active2014–present
Spouse
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(m. 2022)​
Website dana-schwartz.com

Dana Jae Schwartz [1] (born January 7, 1993) [2] [3] is an American journalist, screenwriter and author. [4] [5] She was previously a correspondent at Entertainment Weekly ; she is also the author of five books.[ citation needed ] She also writes and hosts Noble Blood, a historical weekly podcast for iHeartMedia about the dark side of monarchy. [6]

Contents

Early life

Schwartz grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, and was raised in a Jewish household. [7] Schwartz attended Brown University on a public policy and a pre-medical course, but ultimately decided to become a writer. [8] Schwartz was a Presidential Scholar.

Career

After internships with Conan O'Brien and at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert , she began a career as a writer.

While an undergraduate, Schwartz attracted attention by setting up two parodic Twitter profiles, @GuyInYourMFA parodying pretentious and patronizing aspiring writers, [5] [9] [10] and @DystopianYA parodying young adult fiction such as the Hunger Games series set in a dystopian future, [11] [12] [13] both of which became popular with readers. Schwartz's success on Twitter helped launch her career in writing and publishing. [8] She was named one of the hundred most influential people in Brooklyn culture by Brooklyn Magazine in 2016. [14]

While a writer at The New York Observer , Schwartz wrote an open letter to her employer Jared Kushner criticizing his father-in-law Donald Trump's posting content from anti-Semitic sources on his Twitter feed, to which Kushner wrote a similar open letter in response. [15] [16] [17]

Schwartz is the creator and host of the podcast Noble Blood, which focuses on stories from the lives of historical royals. The podcast debuted at No.1 on the iTunes podcast charts. [18] [19] [20] The series was produced by Lore creator Aaron Mahnke. [21]

Schwartz appeared on the September 29, 2020 episode of The George Lucas Talk Show with fellow guest Bill Corbett. [22]

Screenwriting

Schwartz was a staff writer on the Marvel television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law for Disney+. [23] In 2021, she co-wrote Bring It On: Cheer or Die with Rebekah McKendry, the seventh Bring It On movie which aired in 2022. [24]

Books

And We're Off

Dana Schwartz has published four books. Her first book, a YA novel entitled And We're Off was published in May 2017. [25] [26] [27] [28] Seventeen Magazine named it one of the best books of the year, and Vulture listed it as one of the 10 best YA books of 2017. [29]

Choose Your Own Disaster

Schwartz's memoir, entitled Choose Your Own Disaster, was released in June 2018. [30]

The White Man's Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon

A book narrated by the "GuyInYourMFA" Twitter account character, with illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Jason Adam Katzenstein, was released November 2019. [31]

Anatomy: A Love Story

Schwartz's fourth book, Anatomy, A Love Story, was published on January 18, 2021. [32] [33] It was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller, and #1 Indie bestseller. [34]

Immortality: A Love Story

Volume 2 of The Anatomy Duology was published on February 28, 2023. [35] It is the sequel to Anatomy: A Love Story and was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller and an instant #1 Indie Bestseller. [35]

Personal life

Schwartz is based in Los Angeles. [36] On September 4, 2022, she married American comedian Ian Karmel.

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References

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  2. ↑ Schwartz, Dana (July 10, 2016). "Josh I was born in 1993 get those references out of here" . Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Dana Schwartz on Instagram: "My parents brought me a chocolate croissant for a birthday breakfast and Beetlejuice was hoping I'd share."". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 25, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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  5. 1 2 Levitt, Aimee (February 24, 2015). "Guy in Your MFA tweeter gets literary attention that should rightfully go to guys in MFAs". Chicago Reader. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  6. ↑ Barnum, Kevin Chang (September 16, 2019). "Noble Blood Is a Gruesome Look into the Lives of History's Royals". Podcast Review. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
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  23. ↑ 'She-Hulk' Series Scribe Dana Schwartz Sells YA Novel 'Anatomy: A Love Story' To Wednesday Books
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