Novelist.
Journalist.
Editor.
Consultant.
Emily Listfield
Writer.
Writers to a lot of different things. At least I do.
But it all comes down to telling a good story.
So...
Emily Listfield is the author of seven novels, including a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Her books have been published in numerous foreign countries. She is the former Editor-in-Chief of Fitness Magazine and Executive Editor of Parade's HealthyStyle. Her writing apears frequently in Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Allure, The New York Times, and many other national publications. She has served as a panelist at SXSW, worked across media platforms and is the co-founder of Jyst, a crowd-sourced relationship advice app for women. She lives in New York City, where she raised a pretty great daughter.
Journalism
cultural trends • women's issues • health, wellness & beauty • celebrity profiles • personal essays
The New York Times
The Loneliness of the Locked-Down Single Mother
What the Sea Took Away, a Daughter Restores
Harper's Bazaar
Red Lipstick Will Never Go Out of Style
The New No-Knife Neck Lifts to Know
Make-up Secrets to Look Younger
Get Salted: The Latest Beauty Treatment to Try
These Innovations are the Future of Beauty
Thrive Global
The Conversation Women Are Having In Secret
Redbook Magazine
Sex and the Single Mom: Summer Lovin'?
Sex and the Single Mom: Dating Lessons from my Daughter
Waiting to Surface: The real story behind the book
Health Magazine
Good Housekeeping Magazine
I Knew Something Was Wrong With My Body - But Doctors Wouldn't Listen (as told to)
Books
"A writerly page-turner..deft pacing keeps the action moving and the reader guessing." - Publisher's Weekly
“Searing, poignant, achingly real” - USA Today "Listfield spins a tale of supreme loss into one of gutsy, grace-filled redemption.”- Elle
"A beautiful, compelling novel...It's impossible not to instantly care for these flawed people. They are us." - Los Angeles Times
"It's hard not to become absorbed in the nail-biting, knuckle-whitening suspense that Listfield expertly creates and develops." - Booklist
A Notable Book of the Year:
“Listfield proves to be an accurate, often disarming reporter of her generation’s foibles.”– New York Times
“Listfield writes with a briskness and an immediacy that is crisply delicious.” - West Coast Review of Books
“An often incisive, compulsively readable account of love in the 1980s" -Booklist
Consulting
I combine my experience as an Editor-in-Chief, award-winning Chief Content Officer, and bestselling writer to help brands tell their story across platforms.
Working with global health, wellness, beauty and lifestyle brands, I craft narratives informed by data and cultural insights that lodge in consumers’ imaginations and change behavior.
My services: Brand story, voice and message development; editorial direction and content creation for online, print, advertising and social media; marketing materials; product-naming; ghostwriting.
Find out more: Inflection Media