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.

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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

“Her hard-won breakthroughs lend a compelling structure and relatable themes.” —The Washington Post

“I raced through it in two sittings. The writing is so good... as much a tapestry of the era as it is a story about Ione Skye.” —Bret Easton Ellis

“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

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Book Cover of Glimmer by Kimberly Shannon Murphy. Ghostwritten by Genevieve Field

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

“Powerful and hopeful.” —Bruce Perry, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, and coauthor of What Happened to You

“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

“Recommended for memoir lovers and for those who are searching for the path to healing after a traumatic experience.” —Library Journal

“Practical and Uplifting.” —People

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GENEVIEVE IN THe ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

“I am singling out Genevieve Field, who did a brilliant and exacting line edit of the manuscript.”

Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family by Laurie Sandell (Little, Brown and Co.)
“[Among those] whose frank perceptions I’ve been relying upon for decades are Genevieve Field...”

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan (Scribner)
“Firstly, a special thank-you to Genevieve Field, my collaborator and comrade. Thank you for a beautiful, metamorphic experience.”

Say Everything: a Memoir by Ione Skye (Gallery Books)
“… Genevieve Field, I have no words for my appreciation that you shared your storytelling gifts with me. I will never forget those deadlines and how willing you were to go the whole way with me.”

Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America’s Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for Power by Kyle Spencer (Ecco)
“As the book progressed, the inimitable Genevieve Field offered beautiful line edits.”

Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream by Alissa Quart (Ecco)
“My incredible ghostwriter, Genevieve Field. Our endless phone calls, emails, trips… You know more about my life than anyone on this planet—possibly including me. Your ability to put my words on paper in such a beautiful way has made this book what it is.”

Glimmer: A Story of Survival, Hope, and Healing by Kimberly Shannon Murphy with Genevieve Field (HarperCollins)
“We would like to thank Glamour contributing editor Genevieve Field, who edited the thirty-one essays.”

Thirty Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know by the Time She’s 30 by the editors of Glamour (Hachette)
“… my Glamour editor Genevieve Field made me dig deep and become a worthy Jake.”

Always Hit on the Wingman by Jake (Hyperion)

TESTIMONIALs

“Genevieve Field is a storyteller with a gift: the seemingly magical ability to hear a subject’s voice and channel it into seamless, sparkling, wholly original prose. She has an ear both for a story’s fine details and its large-scale architecture. She’s a dream to work with.”

Cindi Leive, founder of the journalists’ collective The Meteor and former editor-in-chief of Glamour and Self
“Genevieve Field has been an invaluable asset to my fiction. Her instincts are superb; she takes what I’ve given her and shows me how to make it better, every single time.”

Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize–⁠winning author of The Candy House and A Visit from the Goon Squad
“Genevieve Field is an ideal partner when it comes to writing, collaborating, and finding an author’s voice on the page. Not only is she a pleasure to work with, she delivers A+ work while adhering to tight deadlines. She is a worthy addition to any narrative project.”

Pamela Cannon, VP and Executive Editor of Gallery Books
“Genevieve Field is an enthusiastic, careful and endlessly creative editor—she won’t rest until a piece of writing is as good as she knows it can be, while always letting the writer know she is on that writer’s side.”

Susan Dominus, author of The Family Dynamic: A Journey Into the Mystery of Sibling Success and staff writer at The New York Times Magazine
“Genevieve has a gift for editing. She understands writers, has compassion for them, and edits to amplify their voices rather than snuff them out. And she’s energetic even when you’re not. She never lets you be lazy. Plus, she’s fun.”

Devin Friedman, author, former editorial director of GQ
“Genevieve is an uncommonly gifted editor with the ability to turn wayward scribblings into taught, deeply affecting prose.”

Rufus Griscom, co-founder of The Next Big Idea Club
“Without the moxie and kind determination of Genevieve Field my story would simply have been a row of journal entries, gathering dust. With her clear vision of whom our story could reach, the story crossed oceans and spanned continents—reaching millions.”

Britt Magnuson, author of “Look Up If You Love Me”
“I can’t say you helped me get my start, but I can say that you were an eager, thoughtful, wise and delicate writer and editor, who sent me out there looking very, very good.”

Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Good Son and The Deep End of the Ocean
“Genevieve Field is simply a great editor of longform. She’s excellent at creating momentum and narrative tension. As an elegant writer herself, she refines even the most experienced writer's words until they shine.”

Alissa Quart, author of Bootstrapped and Squeezed
“There is not enough I can say about Genevieve Field’s skills as an editor. I’ve called upon her enormous talents countless times.”

Laurie Sandell, author of Truth and Consequences and The Imposter’s Daughter
“Genevieve is supremely talented, but she’s also pragmatic. She doesn’t work with you in a vacuum. She understands the market. She helped me make the manuscript better, but she also helped me to become a better writer.”

Kyle Spencer, author of Raising Them Right and She’s Gone Country
“Genevieve can coax out the gem of a story hidden amid the clutter of a first draft.”

Jennifer Baumgardner, publisher of Dottir Press
“Genevieve Field has been the most important, influential, and helpful person in my career, which has spanned two decades and included six books and columns and articles for dozens of magazines.”

Lisa Carver, author of Reconsidering Yoko Ono and The Pahrump Report

Journalism

The Ecowarriors Greenifying Big Tech

Marie Claire
Should Parents of Children With Severe Disabilities Be Allowed to Stop Their Growth?

The New York Times Magazine
Shivani Siroya Is Transforming the Lending Market in Developing Countries

Marker
Fidji Simo is on a Mission

Marie Claire
Chloë Grace Moretz on Overcoming Her Past

Glamour
The Unstoppable Zendaya

Glamour
Sarah Silverman Opens Up About Her Battle With Depression

Glamour
Paternity Leave: Toms Shoes Founder Blake Mycoskie on How It Changes Everything

Glamour
Secrets of Silicon Valley (That Only Women Know)

Glamour
Cecile Richards: “I Will Fight for Women’s Rights Every Day”

Glamour
Susan Wojcicki and the Bold Career Moves That Paid Off

Glamour
Just Another Girl (Who Used to Be a Boy)

Glamour

Find more of Genevieve’s articles on Muckrack. Hear her on the podcasts As Told To and Web Masters.

Genevieve Field is a journalist, book editor, and award-winning collaborator specializing in literary memoir.

Genevieve Field is a journalist, book editor, and award-winning collaborator specializing in literary memoir.

Select Collaborations

Say Everything: A Memoir

Glimmer: A Story of Survival, Hope, and Healing

GENEVIEVE IN THe ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

“I am singling out Genevieve Field, who did a brilliant and exacting line edit of the manuscript.”

“[Among those] whose frank perceptions I’ve been relying upon for decades are Genevieve Field...”

“Firstly, a special thank-you to Genevieve Field, my collaborator and comrade. Thank you for a beautiful, metamorphic experience.”

“… Genevieve Field, I have no words for my appreciation that you shared your storytelling gifts with me. I will never forget those deadlines and how willing you were to go the whole way with me.”

“As the book progressed, the inimitable Genevieve Field offered beautiful line edits.”

“My incredible ghostwriter, Genevieve Field. Our endless phone calls, emails, trips… You know more about my life than anyone on this planet—possibly including me. Your ability to put my words on paper in such a beautiful way has made this book what it is.”

“We would like to thank Glamour contributing editor Genevieve Field, who edited the thirty-one essays.”

“… my Glamour editor Genevieve Field made me dig deep and become a worthy Jake.”

TESTIMONIALs

“Genevieve Field is a storyteller with a gift: the seemingly magical ability to hear a subject’s voice and channel it into seamless, sparkling, wholly original prose. She has an ear both for a story’s fine details and its large-scale architecture. She’s a dream to work with.”

“Genevieve Field has been an invaluable asset to my fiction. Her instincts are superb; she takes what I’ve given her and shows me how to make it better, every single time.”

“Genevieve Field is an ideal partner when it comes to writing, collaborating, and finding an author’s voice on the page. Not only is she a pleasure to work with, she delivers A+ work while adhering to tight deadlines. She is a worthy addition to any narrative project.”

“Genevieve Field is an enthusiastic, careful and endlessly creative editor—she won’t rest until a piece of writing is as good as she knows it can be, while always letting the writer know she is on that writer’s side.”

“Genevieve has a gift for editing. She understands writers, has compassion for them, and edits to amplify their voices rather than snuff them out. And she’s energetic even when you’re not. She never lets you be lazy. Plus, she’s fun.”

“Genevieve is an uncommonly gifted editor with the ability to turn wayward scribblings into taught, deeply affecting prose.”

“Without the moxie and kind determination of Genevieve Field my story would simply have been a row of journal entries, gathering dust. With her clear vision of whom our story could reach, the story crossed oceans and spanned continents—reaching millions.”

“I can’t say you helped me get my start, but I can say that you were an eager, thoughtful, wise and delicate writer and editor, who sent me out there looking very, very good.”

“Genevieve Field is simply a great editor of longform. She’s excellent at creating momentum and narrative tension. As an elegant writer herself, she refines even the most experienced writer's words until they shine.”

“There is not enough I can say about Genevieve Field’s skills as an editor. I’ve called upon her enormous talents countless times.”

“Genevieve is supremely talented, but she’s also pragmatic. She doesn’t work with you in a vacuum. She understands the market. She helped me make the manuscript better, but she also helped me to become a better writer.”

“Genevieve can coax out the gem of a story hidden amid the clutter of a first draft.”

“Genevieve Field has been the most important, influential, and helpful person in my career, which has spanned two decades and included six books and columns and articles for dozens of magazines.”

Journalism

The Ecowarriors Greenifying Big Tech

Should Parents of Children With Severe Disabilities Be Allowed to Stop Their Growth?

Shivani Siroya Is Transforming the Lending Market in Developing Countries

Fidji Simo is on a Mission

Chloë Grace Moretz on Overcoming Her Past

The Unstoppable Zendaya

Sarah Silverman Opens Up About Her Battle With Depression

Paternity Leave: Toms Shoes Founder Blake Mycoskie on How It Changes Everything

Secrets of Silicon Valley (That Only Women Know)

Cecile Richards: “I Will Fight for Women’s Rights Every Day”

Susan Wojcicki and the Bold Career Moves That Paid Off

Just Another Girl (Who Used to Be a Boy)