Emma Forrest

Emma Forrest (born 26 December 1976) is a British-American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. Born in London, she currently resides in Los Angeles. 2Journalism Emma Forrest began her writing career at the age of fifteen when she wrote a story on Madonna for the London Evening Standard. A column in a national newspaper followed and so did the job title of full-time writer. Her "Generation X" column for the Sunday Times saw her leaving school to tour the world with various britpop/indie bands reporting on their "on the road" antics. The vanished Manic Street Preacher member Richey Edwards was the first person she ever interviewed. Emma has also worked for such publications as Vogue, Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, Time Out, The Guardian, NME, Interview and Blackbook, where she has interviewed celebrities like Snoop Dogg and Brad Pitt. Most recently, she contributed an essay to the record Ceremonials by Florence and the Machine. 2Novels She has written three novels: Namedropper (1998), Thin Skin (2002), and Cherries in the Snow (2005). 2Anthologies In 2001 Forrest contributed to an anthology on the writer J.D. Salinger titled Love & Squalor, with an essay describing Salinger's influence on some current young writer