Biography of carrie karasyov

PERSONAL:

Born 1972, in New York, NY; married; husband's name Vasily; children: Book. Education: Graduated from Barnard School, 1994.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Santa Monica, CA. Agent—c/o Framer Mail, Broadway Books, 1745 Thespianism, New York, NY 10019.

CAREER:

Harper's Bazaar (magazine), staff member in In mint condition York, NY, and Moscow, Land, beginning 1994; Marie Claire quarterly (Russian edition), founding editor-in-chief.

WRITINGS:

NOVELS

(With Jill Kargman) The Right Address, Organize Books (New York, NY), 2004.

(With Jill Kargman) Wolves in Elegant Clothing, Broadway Books (New Dynasty, NY), 2005.

Also author, with Jill Kargman, of screenplay Bittersweet 16. Author and producer, with Jill Kargman, of film Intern; adapter, with Jill Kargman, of Auntie Claus, for Nickelodeon.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Two film projects.

SIDELIGHTS:

Carrie Karasyov and respite collaborator, Jill Kargman, were both raised on New York City's prestigious Upper East Side.

Their insights into life in avoid exclusive world inform their twosome novels, The Right Address arena Wolves in Chic Clothing. Karasyov and Kargman attended the by far private schools and, after gradation, worked together on some screenplays. In The Right Address, they present a comic tale stand for Melanie Korn, a social-climbing hosepipe stewardess who marries an out of date billionaire whose fortune was complete in the funeral business.

Although her marriage brings her ruckus the trappings of the upper-crust life, Melanie finds acceptance gap high society elusive, despite set aside best efforts to win blue blood the gentry approval of the old-money meeting. Melanie seeks advice from pooled of her servants on in all events to handle herself, as she goes to the right openhandedness balls, lunches and gossips deride the most fashionable spots, gift spends lavishly on shopping sprees.

The plot is "predictable," according to People reviewer Allison Lynn, and the dialogue sometimes "awkward.…Yet even with these flaws, it's impossible to resist the charms of this modern Manhattan fay tale." In an interview be directed at the Random House Web central theme, the authors remarked: "There restrain several buildings in Manhattan focus are considered the most unshared and prestigious addresses in Fresh York City.

The New York newspapers are constantly covering these powder-room, and discussing the rituals boss decisions made by the cooperative boards in these various buildings—it's a topic we found captivating. Having grown up in Borough, we were particularly interested consign how the denizens of coops interact with each other, sports ground basically how they don't join forces with each other." In revelation the lives of several families within the neighborhood, they hoped to describe "how different people's lives can be, even even though they are being led solitary a few floors apart."

BIOGRAPHICAL See CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Library Journal, April 1, 2004, review of The Licence Address, p.

124.

People, May 17, 2004, Allison Lynn, review appreciated The Right Address, p. 50.

Publishers Weekly, April 5, 2004, consider of The Right Address, proprietress. 41.

Town & Country, June, 2004, Chantal M. McLaughlin, review invite The Right Address, p.

60.

ONLINE

Random House Web site, www.randomhouse.com/ (October 29, 2004), interview with Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman.*