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'''Caroline Calloway''' (born December 5, 1991) is an American humorist, [[Instagram]] personality, and author of the forthcoming memoir "AND WE WERE LIKE."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/69340-follow-the-influencers-social-media-stars-2016.html |title=Follow the Influencers: Social Media Stars 2016 |date=February 5, 2016 |accessdate=2016-03-29 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |last=Palmer |first=Alex}}</ref> She is known for posting autobiographical stories on her Instagram account "@carolinecalloway |
'''Caroline Calloway''' (born December 5, 1991) is an American humorist, [[Instagram]] personality, and author of the forthcoming memoir "AND WE WERE LIKE."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/69340-follow-the-influencers-social-media-stars-2016.html |title=Follow the Influencers: Social Media Stars 2016 |date=February 5, 2016 |accessdate=2016-03-29 |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |last=Palmer |first=Alex}}</ref> She is known for posting autobiographical stories on her Instagram account "@carolinecalloway".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/books-that-started-on-social-media#5l |title=8 Books That Wouldn't Exist Without Social Media |date=February 26, 2016 |accessdate=2016-03-29 |work=[[Teen Vogue]] |last=Dwyer |first=Kate}}</ref> |
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Born in [[Falls Church, Virginia]],<ref>{{cite web|last=London |first=Bianca |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3010757/US-student-s-enchanting-Instagram-photos-reveal-fairytale-life-Cambridge.html |title=US student's enchanting Instagram photos reveal fairytale life at Cambridge | Daily Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=March 25, 2015 |accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref> Caroline now lives in London and New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/cambridges-most-controversial-instagram-celebrity-gets-the-last-laugh |title=Cambridge's Most Controversial Instagram Celebrity Gets the Last Laugh |date=September 2, 2016 |accessdate=2016-03-29 |work=[[Broadly]] |last=Oyler |first=Lauren}}</ref> She is an alumna of [[Phillips Exeter Academy]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Haskell |first=Will |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/caroline-calloways-instagram-book-2015-6l |title=This 23-year-old ditched her blog and started writing her memoir on Instagram – now 300,000 people are reading it | Business Insider |publisher=Businessinsider.com |date=June 9, 2015 |accessdate=2016-03-29}}</ref> and a graduate of the [[University of Cambridge]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mic.com/articles/120102/caroline-calloway-instragram-memoir-book#.NvKphZ5Pal |title=This 23-Year-Old Is Writing Her Fairy Tale Memoir Entirely on Instagram |date=June 8, 2015 |accessdate=2016-03-29 |work=[[Mic.com]] |last=Kleeman |first=Sophie}}</ref> where she studied [[History of Art]] at [[St Edmund's College, Cambridge|St Edmund's College]], obtaining a second class degree.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/cambridges-most-controversial-instagram-celebrity-gets-the-last-laugh |title=Cambridge's Most Controversial Instagram Celebrity Gets the Last Laugh|date=September 2, 2015 |accessdate=2017-02-03 |work=[[Vice]] |last=Oyler |first=Lauren}}</ref> AND WE WERE LIKE is her first book.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/89106-caroline-calloways-instagram-memoir-makes-twitter-fiction-look-like-a-thing-of-the-pastl |title=Caroline Calloway's Instagram Memoir Makes Twitter Fiction Look Like A Thing of the Past |date=June 9, 2015 |accessdate=2016-03-29 |work=[[Bustle]] |last=Paul |first=Crystal}}</ref> |
Born in [[Falls Church, Virginia]],<ref>{{cite web|last=London |first=Bianca |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3010757/US-student-s-enchanting-Instagram-photos-reveal-fairytale-life-Cambridge.html |title=US student's enchanting Instagram photos reveal fairytale life at Cambridge | Daily Mail Online |publisher=Dailymail.co.uk |date=March 25, 2015 |accessdate=2015-04-10}}</ref> Caroline now lives in London and New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/cambridges-most-controversial-instagram-celebrity-gets-the-last-laugh |title=Cambridge's Most Controversial Instagram Celebrity Gets the Last Laugh |date=September 2, 2016 |accessdate=2016-03-29 |work=[[Broadly]] |last=Oyler |first=Lauren}}</ref> She is an alumna of [[Phillips Exeter Academy]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Haskell |first=Will |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/caroline-calloways-instagram-book-2015-6l |title=This 23-year-old ditched her blog and started writing her memoir on Instagram – now 300,000 people are reading it | Business Insider |publisher=Businessinsider.com |date=June 9, 2015 |accessdate=2016-03-29}}</ref> and a graduate of the [[University of Cambridge]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mic.com/articles/120102/caroline-calloway-instragram-memoir-book#.NvKphZ5Pal |title=This 23-Year-Old Is Writing Her Fairy Tale Memoir Entirely on Instagram |date=June 8, 2015 |accessdate=2016-03-29 |work=[[Mic.com]] |last=Kleeman |first=Sophie}}</ref> where she studied [[History of Art]] at [[St Edmund's College, Cambridge|St Edmund's College]], obtaining a second class degree.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/cambridges-most-controversial-instagram-celebrity-gets-the-last-laugh |title=Cambridge's Most Controversial Instagram Celebrity Gets the Last Laugh|date=September 2, 2015 |accessdate=2017-02-03 |work=[[Vice]] |last=Oyler |first=Lauren}}</ref> AND WE WERE LIKE is her first book.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bustle.com/articles/89106-caroline-calloways-instagram-memoir-makes-twitter-fiction-look-like-a-thing-of-the-pastl |title=Caroline Calloway's Instagram Memoir Makes Twitter Fiction Look Like A Thing of the Past |date=June 9, 2015 |accessdate=2016-03-29 |work=[[Bustle]] |last=Paul |first=Crystal}}</ref> |
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On 14th July 2017, Calloway announced on Instagram<ref>{{cite web|last1=Calloway|first1=Caroline|title=Instagram|url=https://www.instagram.com/carolinecalloway/|website=Instagram story - CarolineCalloway|accessdate=14 July 2017}}</ref>that she would be pulling out of her book deal, returning $400,000 to Macmillan Publishers and leaving her $100,000 in debt. In her Instagram story she gave the reasons for this decision, citing that the book outline was sexist, sold out her friends, and focused on obtaining a romantic relationship with a man as a happily ever after. She also felt that she had no creative control over the book, and her publishers required her to include exactly 142 images. Calloway said that "''I would apologise but I do not think that it is my fault for being born into a culture that equates artistic success with financial success. Or reduces female artists to stories about the boys they date. I'm just not going to be a part of it. Not anymore.''"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Carofans|url=https://twitter.com/carofansclub/status/885942002684239876|website=Tweet|accessdate=14 July 2017}}</ref> |
On 14th July 2017, Calloway announced on Instagram<ref>{{cite web|last1=Calloway|first1=Caroline|title=Instagram|url=https://www.instagram.com/carolinecalloway/|website=Instagram story - CarolineCalloway|accessdate=14 July 2017}}</ref>that she would be pulling out of her book deal, returning $400,000 to Macmillan Publishers and leaving her $100,000 in debt. In her Instagram story she gave the reasons for this decision, citing that the book outline was sexist, sold out her friends, and focused on obtaining a romantic relationship with a man as a happily ever after. She also felt that she had no creative control over the book, and her publishers required her to include exactly 142 images. Calloway said that "''I would apologise but I do not think that it is my fault for being born into a culture that equates artistic success with financial success. Or reduces female artists to stories about the boys they date. I'm just not going to be a part of it. Not anymore.''"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Carofans|url=https://twitter.com/carofansclub/status/885942002684239876|website=Tweet|accessdate=14 July 2017}}</ref> |
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Caroline Calloway | |
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| Born | December 5, 1991 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Phillips Exeter Academy |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Writer |
Caroline Calloway (born December 5, 1991) is an American humorist, Instagram personality, and author of the forthcoming memoir "AND WE WERE LIKE."[1] She is known for posting autobiographical stories on her Instagram account "@carolinecalloway".[2]
Born in Falls Church, Virginia,[3] Caroline now lives in London and New York.[4] She is an alumna of Phillips Exeter Academy[5] and a graduate of the University of Cambridge,[6] where she studied History of Art at St Edmund's College, obtaining a second class degree.[7] AND WE WERE LIKE is her first book.[8]
Book deal
In November 2015 "Publishers Weekly" confirmed that AND WE WERE LIKE had been sold to Penguin Random House in the United Kingdom, Macmillan Publishers in the United States, and Hugo & Cie in France.[9][10] Calloway has previously stated that she has earnt $500,006 from selling the rights to her debut memoir.[11]
According to the publishing trade journal, her memoir will chronicle "one American girl's experience at Cambridge University, complete with never-before-told stories of tumultuous romances, glamorous European balls, near academic failure, and the ups and downs of charting a path toward adulthood, expanding on her Instagram memoir."[12]
Caroline Calloway has been represented since 2015 by literary agent Byrd Leavell.[13]
On 14th July 2017, Calloway announced on Instagram[14]that she would be pulling out of her book deal, returning $400,000 to Macmillan Publishers and leaving her $100,000 in debt. In her Instagram story she gave the reasons for this decision, citing that the book outline was sexist, sold out her friends, and focused on obtaining a romantic relationship with a man as a happily ever after. She also felt that she had no creative control over the book, and her publishers required her to include exactly 142 images. Calloway said that "I would apologise but I do not think that it is my fault for being born into a culture that equates artistic success with financial success. Or reduces female artists to stories about the boys they date. I'm just not going to be a part of it. Not anymore."[15]
References
- ^ Palmer, Alex (February 5, 2016). "Follow the Influencers: Social Media Stars 2016". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ Dwyer, Kate (February 26, 2016). "8 Books That Wouldn't Exist Without Social Media". Teen Vogue. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ London, Bianca (March 25, 2015). "US student's enchanting Instagram photos reveal fairytale life at Cambridge | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
- ^ Oyler, Lauren (September 2, 2016). "Cambridge's Most Controversial Instagram Celebrity Gets the Last Laugh". Broadly. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ Haskell, Will (June 9, 2015). "This 23-year-old ditched her blog and started writing her memoir on Instagram – now 300,000 people are reading it | Business Insider". Businessinsider.com. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ Kleeman, Sophie (June 8, 2015). "This 23-Year-Old Is Writing Her Fairy Tale Memoir Entirely on Instagram". Mic.com. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ Oyler, Lauren (September 2, 2015). "Cambridge's Most Controversial Instagram Celebrity Gets the Last Laugh". Vice. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
- ^ Paul, Crystal (June 9, 2015). "Caroline Calloway's Instagram Memoir Makes Twitter Fiction Look Like A Thing of the Past". Bustle. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ Palmer, Alex (February 5, 2016). "Follow the Influencers: Social Media Stars 2016". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ "Caroline Calloway Deals: Foreign Rights". Publisher's Marketplace. November 18, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ Calloway, Caroline. Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BVy5z1ohBWe/?taken-by=carolinecalloway. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Caroline Calloway Deals: Foreign Rights". Publisher's Marketplace. November 18, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ Pennell, Julie (August 19, 2015). "Meet the 23-Year-Old Whose Fairytale Life (and Instagram Account) Landed Her a Book Agent". Teen Vogue. Retrieved March 29, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Calloway, Caroline. "Instagram". Instagram story - CarolineCalloway. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ Carofans. Tweet https://twitter.com/carofansclub/status/885942002684239876. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
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