Nicole Cliffe

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Nicole Cliffe is a Canadian-American writer and journalist. Cliffe is known for co-founding the website The Toast, of which she was co-editor with Mallory Ortberg.[1][2]

Cliffe grew up in Kingston, Ontario before concentrating in English at Harvard University.[3][4][5] At Harvard her friends included future journalists Amelia Lester, Matthew Yglesias and Josh Barro.[6] She worked at a New York hedge fund before becoming a writer and moving to Utah, where she lives with her family.[3][4] Cliffe also previously wrote for The Hairpin.[4][1][7] Although an atheist for much of her life, she converted to Christianity in 2015 and has written two essays on the topic, "How I Pray"[8] and "How God Messed Up My Happy Atheist Life."[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara. "Nicole Cliffe and Mallory Ortberg's The Toast Pops Up". Observer. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. ^ Greenfield, Rebecca. "The Toast's Recipe For Bootstrapping A Profitable Media Business". Fast Co. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b Hogan, Brianne. "Nicole Cliffe: Editor, Tweeter, Proud Canadian". Ravishly. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "The Nicole Cliffe and Mallory Ortberg Interview". Zulkey. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Homecomings". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  6. ^ Yglesias, Matthew. "I've Been Underestimating Facebook for 10 Years". Slate. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  7. ^ Cliffe, Nicole. "Nicole Cliffe talks money". The Toast. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  8. ^ Cliffe, Nicole (2015-10-13). "How I Pray". The Toast. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  9. ^ Christianity Today

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