Meghan Daum

Meghan Daum
Born	1970 California
Occupation	Columnist
Nationality	USA
Education	MFA
Alma mater	Vassar College, Columbia University
Genre	Novelist, Essayist
Website
http://www.meghandaum.com/index.html

Meghan Daum (born: 1970 in California) is an American author, essayist, and journalist. Although she was born in California, Daum grew up primarily in Ridgewood, New Jersey. She received her bachelor's degree from Vassar College and her Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University.

Daum spent much of her twenties in New York City. In 1999, she moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, and the experience became the catalyst for her 2003 novel The Quality of Life Report. This novel is a semi-roman à clef for Daum, which follows the life and times of an ambitious young journalist named Lucinda Trout. She is also the author of a collection of essays, entitled My Misspent Youth.

Her work has appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, GQ, Harper's, and The Village Voice.

Daum lives in Los Angeles, California and is currently a columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Her column appears every Saturday in the Op-Ed section of the Times.

Books

• Meghan Daum. (2001). My Misspent Youth: Essays. New York: Grove Press. ISBN 1-890-44726-9.
• Meghan Daum. (2004). The Quality of Life Report. New York: Penguin. ISBN 0-142-00443-X.
• Meghan Daum. (2010). Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-307-45484-3.

External links

• Los Angeles Times: Meghan Daum columns
• Meghan Daum on Twitter