Jessica Ebenstein Grose[1] is an American journalist, editor, and novelist. She is the author of the 2012 novel Sad Desk Salad, the co-author of the 2009 book LOVE, MOM: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home, and the 2016 novel Soulmates. Since October 2021, Grose has written for The New York Times opinion section.[2]
Early life
Grose was born in New York City and is the daughter of psychiatrist and photographer Judith Ebenstein Grose and cardiologist Richard M. Grose.[1][3]
Grose began her journalism career as associate editor of Jezebel, a blog owned by Gawker Media.[5] Soon after, Grose and author Doree Shafrir began a popular blog titled Postcards From Yo Momma, which became the basis for a book published by Hyperion Books in March 2009 titled LOVE, MOM: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home.[6][7][8][9]
Grose was named managing editor of Slate's women's site DoubleX in 2009, and co-hosted its "DoubleX Gabfest" podcast alongside Hanna Rosin and Noreen Malone.[10]
In 2012, Grose published her debut novel Sad Desk Salad through William Morrow Paperbacks / HarperCollins. It was billed "The Devil Wears Prada for the blogger age" and praised for its wit and accurate portrayal of the media by its reviewers and authors Jennifer Weiner and Amy Sohn.[11][12][13][14] The novel chronicles writer Alex Lyons and satirizes the frenetic pace and moral traps of high-traffic blogging. The story is inspired by Grose's own early media career editing popular websites, including Slate and Jezebel.[15][16][17]
In 2018, Grose became the parenting columnist for The New York Times. In October 2021, she moved to the New York Times opinion section to write a newsletter about what it means to be a parent.[21]
