NY Observer > Lauren Weisberger http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/28028/feed Articles from Observer.com en Jessica Coen: Will Also Never Work at 'Star' http://www.observer.com/node/32546 As part of soon-to-be-former Gawker editor Jessica Coen's going-away festivities, possibly one of the greatest things ever published in the history of Gawker just went up. As far as taking down magazine editors goes, Lauren Weisberger can totally read it and weep.]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32546#comments Style Jessica Coen Lauren Weisberger Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:57:21 -0400 Observer Staff 32546 at http://www.observer.com Almost a Player in Prada: My Super-Close Casting Call http://www.observer.com/node/38972 Anna Wintour is a very magnanimous woman.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38972#comments Arts & Culture David Frankel Lauren Weisberger MTV Networks Company Nigel Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Simon Doonan 38972 at http://www.observer.com From The Inbox: Everything Worth Knowing http://www.observer.com/node/32395
Hi Choire:

My name is Friday and on behalf of Simon & Schuster I'm currently helping spread the word about Lauren Weisberger's latest work, Everyone Worth Knowing. Weisberger is best-known for her earlier work, The Devil Wears Prada. I think your site's target audience would really appreciate this book. Would you be interested in receiving a free copy of a Weisberger's book in exchange for a piece on your site? Maybe several copies for a contest?

You may want to write a review about the book, hold a book contest, write a small blurb and feature it somewhere on your site, or something along those line (if you come up with another idea, please let me know.) In return for your kindness and help, I will happily send you a copy.

You can find out more about this book or purchase it at the SimonSays [Simon & Schuster] website: http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?sid=33&pid=510946 For assets that you can use to beef up your features or reviews, please go to: http://www.soulkool.net/gr/weisberger/ If you're interested, please get back to me and we can work out whatever is necessary.

I look forward to hearing from you. Warmest Regards, Friday
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32395#comments Style Lauren Weisberger Prada SpA Group Simon & Schuster Inc. Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:38:00 -0500 Observer Staff 32395 at http://www.observer.com No One Worth Knowing? http://www.observer.com/node/32696
Some million-dollar books get off to a slow sales start, but this slow? Amazon.com's data on Lauren Weisberger's Everyone Worth Knowing, as of this afternoon:
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32696#comments Media Amazon.com Inc. Lauren Weisberger Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:43:00 -0400 Observer Staff 32696 at http://www.observer.com Devil Writes Nada: Why Is Weisberger Getting a Million? http://www.observer.com/node/37747 This week, Everyone Worth Knowing, the second novel by Lauren Weisberger—she of best-selling T  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37747#comments Jonathan Burnham Lauren Weisberger New York City Simon & Schuster Inc. Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Sheelah Kolhatkar 37747 at http://www.observer.com Devil Writes Nada: Why Is Weisberger Getting a Million? http://www.observer.com/node/51368 This week, Everyone Worth Knowing, the second novel by Lauren Weisberger—she of best-selling The D  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51368#comments David Rosenthal Lauren Weisberger Prada SpA Group Simon & Schuster Inc. Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400 Sheelah Kolhatkar 51368 at http://www.observer.com Trashing Lauren Weisberger: Frenemies of New York http://www.observer.com/node/32365
gawker adsAs in today's Observer, NY Daily News gossips Rush and Molloy get in a little on Lauren Weisberger's new book, noting that "The Devil Wears Prada author gets even in her new book with witty Gawker founder Elizabeth Spiers, who trashed her on the blog. 'If anyone finds out exactly what Ms. Weisberger is an 'insider' in, do let us know,' she wrote," they say.

Of course, that Gawker item was written after Ms. Spiers was safely ensconced at New York magazine, but the point remains. (In fact, there's a new theme in chick lit of (totally fantasized) horrible abusive bloggers in the Big City; see also Deborah Schoeneman's forthcoming book.)

In any event, the name "Weisberger" appears 25 times on Gawker, and 13 of those appearances are during Ms. Spiers' tenure. Here are a few selected items of Ms. Spiers' horrible, cruel mauling of Ms. Weisberger: July 7, 2003: "When the NYT had former Harper's Bazaar editor and [Vogue editor] Anna Wintour protegee Kate Betts review The Devil Wears Prada, (Lauren Weisberger's roman-a-clef about her job as Anna's assistant) I thought it was incredibly unfair..." April 24, 2003: "Shameless but relevant self-promotion: I interviewed Lauren Weisberger, the author of The Devil Wears Prada (a roman a clef about Vogue editor Anna Wintour) on Monday for Salon." April 14, 2003: "How naive do you have to be to sign up to work for [Vogue Editor] Anna Wintour, expecting that she's going to be nice to you? She's Anna Wintour, for god's sake! Of course she's going to abuse you! It's her job!" April 13, 2003: "As far as book reviews go, Betts' review isn't an actual review. There's no discussion of the novel as a piece of literature. It's really just an ethical analysis of Weisberger's decision to trash her ex-boss in print..." Yow! Harsh! Meow!
]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32365#comments Style Anna Wintour Elizabeth Spiers Lauren Weisberger Prada SpA Group Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:17:00 -0400 Observer Staff 32365 at http://www.observer.com Power Punk: Lauren Weisberger http://www.observer.com/node/48534 Free-swinging ingenue bashes Wintour in best-selling novel, favorite of subway-riding assistants eve  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/48534#comments Media Anna Wintour Deborah Schneider Lauren Weisberger Prada SpA Group Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:00:00 -0500 Lauren Weisberger 48534 at http://www.observer.com Second-Degree Schadenfreude http://www.observer.com/2003/second-degree-schadenfreude New Yorkers are more familiar than anyone with Schadenfreude , that dark German torte of an emotion:  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/2003/second-degree-schadenfreude#comments Media B.B. King Columbia Joe Bonamassa Lauren Weisberger Sun, 28 Sep 2003 20:00:00 -0400 Alexandra Jacobs, Gabriel Sherman and Ken Moy 48091 at http://www.observer.com The Underling's Revenge, By Condé Nast's Whistleblower http://www.observer.com/node/47305 The Devil Wears Prada, by Lauren Weisberger.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/47305#comments Real Estate Anna Wintour Lauren Weisberger Prada SpA Group Random House Inc. Sun, 30 Mar 2003 19:00:00 -0500 Alexandra Jacobs 47305 at http://www.observer.com