Marisa Meltzer is author of Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music and co-author of How Sassy Changed My Life: A Love Letter to the Greatest Teen Magazine of All Time. Yes, she really loves the nineties that much.
As a freelance writer, her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Elle, Slate, New York Magazine, Teen Vogue, and many other publications. She has covered such diverse topics from why Miley Cyrus is a good role model to which Pride and Prejudice adaptation has the best Mr. Darcy, and she’s reported on Parisian riots and overachieving New York City high school students.
She is a graduate of The Evergreen State College and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Books in order of publication:
How Sassy Changed My Life: A Love Letter to the Greatest Teen Magazine of All Time – 2007
Girl Power: The Nineties Revolution in Music – 2010
This Is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World – 2020
Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss’s Glossier – 2023
It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin – 2025
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