
Genevieve Field is a journalist, book editor, and award-winning collaborator specializing in literary memoir.
Books she has authored, edited, or ghostwritten have been published by HarperCollins, Hachette, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Chronicle Books. Genevieve’s investigative reporting has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Glamour, Marie Claire, Real Simple, GQ, and many others. She has been a story editor for The New York Times Magazine, the features director of Glamour, and the editorial director of Seventeen online. Early in her career, she co-founded and edited the Webby Award–winning, National Magazine Award–nominated, Nerve magazine.
Genevieve maintains strong working relationships with many influential editors, authors, and journalists. Whether serving as a consultant, editor, or collaborator, her purpose is always the same: to help bring important stories into the world.
Genevieve Field is a journalist, book editor, and award-winning collaborator specializing in literary memoir.
Books she has authored, edited, or ghostwritten have been published by HarperCollins, Hachette, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Chronicle Books. Genevieve’s investigative reporting has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Glamour, Marie Claire, Real Simple, GQ, and many others. She has been a story editor for The New York Times Magazine, the features director of Glamour, and the editorial director of Seventeen online. Early in her career, she co-founded and edited the Webby Award–winning, National Magazine Award–nominated, Nerve magazine.
Genevieve maintains strong working relationships with many influential editors, authors, and journalists. Whether serving as a consultant, editor, or collaborator, her purpose is always the same: to help bring important stories into the world.
Select Collaborations
Gallery Books, Spring 2025
Say Everything: A Memoir
A NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER
“As juicy as the book can be, it doesn’t come across as meanspirited or salacious. It’s just Skye … letting us into her world, one that’s romantic and glamorous one minute, heartbreakingly candid and searching the next.”
—The New York Times
“A wild ride.”
—The Los Angeles Times
“A must-read memoir.”
—The London Times
“Deeply personal, riveting, and funny, Ione has created an emotional diary that feels like a song you never want to end.”
—Cameron Crowe
“Ione tells her story of grappling with primal abandonment, love, and heartbreak with compassionate candor and a true visual artist’s recall of detail.”
—Molly Ringwald
“A coming of age tale with heartbreaking honesty and devilish humor.”
—Griffin Dunne
HARPER WAVE, 2023
Glimmer: A Story of Survival, Hope, and Healing
Winner of the 2024 Andy Award for collaborative Memoir & Narrative Nonfiction
A Zibby’s Top 10 Book of 2023
A USA today best Book of 2023
A USA Today Book Club PicK
“Searing and vividly told ... like a work of cinema verité.”
—Gabor Maté M.D.
“An intimate and vulnerable portrait of the long-term impacts of our most painful childhood experiences.”
—Nicole LePera, PhD
“A cathartic memoir about childhood abuse and the aftermath... This painful, inspiring story demonstrates that healing is neither easy nor linear, but it is possible.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Practical and Uplifting.”
—People
GENEVIEVE IN THe ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TESTIMONIALs
Journalism
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The Ecowarriors Greenifying Big Tech
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Should Parents of Children With Severe Disabilities Be Allowed to Stop Their Growth?
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Shivani Siroya Is Transforming the Lending Market in Developing Countries
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Fidji Simo is on a Mission
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Chloë Grace Moretz on Overcoming Her Past
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The Unstoppable Zendaya
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Sarah Silverman Opens Up About Her Battle With Depression
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Paternity Leave: Toms Shoes Founder Blake Mycoskie on How It Changes Everything
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Secrets of Silicon Valley (That Only Women Know)
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Cecile Richards: “I Will Fight for Women’s Rights Every Day”
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Susan Wojcicki and the Bold Career Moves That Paid Off
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Just Another Girl (Who Used to Be a Boy)
Find more of Genevieve’s articles on Muckrack. Hear her discuss ghostwriting on As Told To and co-founding Nerve magazine on Web Masters.