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| Biographical | |
| Gender: | Female |
| Born: | June 16, 1972 |
| Age: | 48 |
| Home: | Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation: | Editor, Author, Public Speaker |
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| Cycle Run: | Cycle 9-Cycle 14 |
Ann Shoket is an American writer and editor, best known for being the author of The Big Life and the former editor-in-chief of Seventeen, the magazine prize for cycles 7 through 14.
Early Life[]
Shoket was born on June 16, 1972 in Fairless Hilla, Pennsylvania. She received her BA from New York University.
Career[]
She began her career as a reporter at Steven Brill's The American Lawyer, then created the webzine Tag, an online community of artists and writers.
She is the author of The Big Life: Embrace the Mess, Work Your Side Hustle, Find a Monumental Relationship, and Become the Badass Babe You Were Meant to Be. She was editor-in-chief of Seventeen from 2007-2014.[1]
Shoket was senior editor with the Parade family of publications, and executive editor of CosmoGIRL! magazine. While at CosmoGIRL! she created a "CosmoGIRL! Born to Lead" patch program with The Girl Scouts and she developed a national leadership campaign with The White House Project with the goal of putting a reader in the White House by the year 2024.
In 2019, she founded New Power Media, a media production and marketing boutique that caters to individuals and small businesses with customized media solutions.[2]
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