Meet Emily

Meet Emily

USA Today bestselling author Emily Liebert was born and raised in New York City. She attended Horace Mann School and Smith College, graduating with a B.A. in English Language & Literature.

After college, Emily landed her first job at ABC News, where she helped produce television specials for Peter Jennings Reporting.

In 2000, she was appointed Editor-in-Chief of The WAG—a luxury lifestyle magazine covering Westchester and Fairfield Counties. During Emily’s five-year tenure, she wrote hundreds of articles, including celebrity profiles, travel, fashion, and beauty. She’s also contributed to The Huffington Post, Oprah.com, Elite Traveler, Robb Report, Gotham, and Cottages & Gardens.

In 2009, Emily edited Kerry Kennedy’s New York Times bestseller Being Catholic Now: Prominent Americans Talk About Change in the Church and the Quest for Meaning.

The following year, Emily published her first book, Facebook Fairytales, which was a media sensation that sparked intense conversation about the positive power of Facebook. Shortly thereafter, Emily was hired by Microsoft as the spokesperson for Bing’s partnership with Facebook and appeared in 30+ television and radio spots for the brand.

Emily is the author of six novels: YOU KNEW ME WHEN (2013), WHEN WE FALL (2014), THOSE SECRETS WE KEEP (2015), and SOME WOMEN (2016), all with Penguin Random House, and PRETTY REVENGE (2019) and PERFECTLY FAMOUS (2020), both with Simon & Schuster.

She’s also a New York Times bestselling celebrity ghostwriter/collaborator, the Books Correspondent for Westport, Weston & Wilton Magazine, and has been featured often in the press by outlets such as: Today Show, The Rachael Ray Show, Anderson Cooper, FOX News, Good Day New York, Oprah Radio, Martha Stewart Radio, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, InStyle, People StyleWatchGood Housekeeping, OK!, Nylon, Woman’s World, WWDWoman’s Day, The New York Post, The Washington PostThe New York Daily News, The Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, and People.com.

Emily lives in Westport, CT with her two sons, Jax and Hugo.

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