Michelle Dean

Canadian journalist and critic

Critic
journalist * author

NationalityCanadianEducationMcGill University
University of TorontoPeriod2011-presentGenreNon-fictionSubjectBiography, criticismWebsitemichelledean.tumblr.com

Michelle Dean (born 1979) is an author and freelance journalist and critic from Canada.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Early life and education

Dean received a bachelor of arts degree in history from McGill University in 2002 and a law degree in 2005. She worked at White & Case from 2005 to 2010.^[5] She received a master's degree in Law from the University of Toronto in 2011.

Career

Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, Elle and Literary Review Canada. Her first book, Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion, was published by Grove Atlantic in 2018.^[6]

She is also the co-creator and executive producer of the Hulu series The Act. The show was based on Dean's reporting.

Awards

Dean was honored in 2016 with the National Book Critics Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.

Personal life

She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.^[7]

References

^ Gay, Roxane (20 April 2018). "'Argument Can Actually Be Joyful': Women, Critics, and What It Means to Be Sharp". The Cut.
^ "Longform Podcast #290: Michelle Dean · Longform". Longform. April 18, 2018.
^ Tuttle, Kate (5 April 2018). "The women who wielded a pen like a weapon: Michelle Dean's 'Sharp'". Los Angeles Times.
^ Green, Elon (4 April 2018). "Reading Other People's Mail: Talking with Michelle Dean". The Rumpus.
^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-dean-6272271a/ ^{[self-published source]}
^ "Sharp," Grove Atlantic. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
^ Dean, Michelle. "Michelle Dean (@michelledean) / X". X. Retrieved December 28, 2023.