Hi! I’m Rachelle (Ruh-SHELL, she/her). I’m a lifestyle writer, bestselling author and editor, focused on style, pop culture and families.
My latest book, The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood For All of Us published with Simon & Schuster in July 2024 and it was a USA Today bestseller, as well as a notable nonfiction pick by LibraryReads. Bookpage called it “ground-breaking,” the LA Times called it “lively and important,” and it has been positively reviewed by Kirkus, The Wall Street Journal and The Skimm.
My first book, Women from the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us (HarperCollins, 2012) was called “wickedly provocative” by Kirkus, “fleet-footed” by the New York Times, and was named one of Janet Maslin’s top beach reads of Summer 2012.
My second, Brilliance and Fire: A Biography of Diamonds (HarperCollins, 2016) was called “exhilarating” by the Wall Street Journal, and was picked as one of Amazon’s top nonfiction titles of June 2016. It was featured in best-of summer lists at Harper’s Bazaar and The Knot.
Books in order of publication:
Women from the Ankle Down: The Story of Shoes and How They Define Us (HarperCollins, 2012)
Brilliance and Fire: A Biography of Diamonds (HarperCollins, 2016)
The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood For All of Us – 2024
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