Cat Marnell

Caitlin Elizabeth "Cat" Marnell (born September 10, 1982) is an American writer and socialite based in New York City. She was a beauty editor at Lucky and XoJane, wrote a column for Vice, and has also written for SELF, Nylon, Glamour. She recently finished writing a memoir titled "How To Murder Your Life". 2Early life Marnell was born on September 10, 1982 in Washington, D.C. She was named after Caitlin Thomas. Her mother is a psychotherapist and her father is a psychiatrist, and she was primarily raised by nannies. At 15, Marnell began attending Lawrence Academy in Groton, Massachusetts. She was a strong student academically, but at 17 was expelled for drug use two weeks before graduation – she finished high school in D.C. Moving to New York, she attended The New School in Greenwich Village to study nonfiction writing. 2Career 3Lucky While attending The New School, Marnell interned at beauty magazines, eventually earning the title of beauty assistant at Lucky in 2007. She attended rehab in Connecticut for a month, and when she returned she was promoted to associate beauty editor. She worked at Lucky for two and a half years before quitting after failed attempts at sobriet