Amanda Montell

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Lives In

Los Angeles, California

Education

  • New York University

Expertise

  • Makeup
  • Hair
  • Celebrities
  • Skin
  • Beauty

 

Experience

Amanda Montell is a writer and author based in Los Angeles. She began her career as an intern at Woman's Day online before becoming an editor at Total Beauty and later, the features editor at Byrdie Beauty. She recently published her first book, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language, (Harper Wave, 2019) and is working on her second. Amanda also has bylines in Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan.

 

Education

Amanda graduated magna cum laude from NYU with a degree in linguistics and creative writing.

 

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