Caroline Calloway
Caroline Calloway | |
|---|---|
| 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," which has over half a million followers.[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.[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]
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."[11]
Caroline Calloway has been represented since 2015 by literary agent Byrd Leavell.[12]
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.
- ^ Kingkade, Tyler (August 19, 2015). "Meet Caroline Calloway Who Is Writing A Book on Instagram". The Huffington Post. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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]
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