Karen Valby | |
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 Valby at the 2024 Texas Book Festival. | |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notable works | Welcome to Utopia (2010) The Swans of Harlem (2024) |
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Karen Valby is an American journalist, and writer.
She graduated from Columbia University.
Her work has appeared in Entertainment Weekly , [1] Elle , [2] Fast Company , [3] and Vanity Fair .
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