Meredith Maran - Updated Apr 2024

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Meredith Maran

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Meredith Maran is an author, book critic, and journalist from the United States. Meredith Maran has twelve nonfiction books, several of which were San Francisco Chronicle best-sellers, as well as a successful first novel. She writes features, essays, and book reviews for publications such as People, More, Good Housekeeping, Salon.com, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Boston Globe.

Early Life and Childhood

Meredith Maran was born on August 21, 1951, in New York, United States and her age is 72 years old as of the year 2023.

Talking about Meredith’s parents, her father’s name is Murasoli Maran and her mother’s name is Topazia Alliata. Similarly, she has two siblings and they are Yuki Maraini and Toni Maraini.

Meredith Maran is an American by nationality and belongs to the Christian religion, and her zodiac sign is Leo.

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Caption: Meredith on her childhood days with her dad. Source: The Mirror

Education

Talking about Meredith Maran’s formal education, Meredith Maran grew up in New York and she might have done her schooling at a local school in New York. Later, she obtained her degree and graduated from The Bronx High School of Science.

Meredith Maran – Net Worth 2024

Meredith Maran has an estimated net worth of approximately $9 million. Most of Meredith’s income sources are from her writing career. Additionally, Meredith has worked very hard since her childhood to achieve this fame. Meredith is active in her career and is on the way to raising her net worth in the future.

Career and Professional Life

Meredith Maran wrote her first national magazine article when she was 15 and her first book when she was 19. Following a brief stint in Silicon Valley, she became Editor of the Banana Republic Magalog before creating award-winning socially responsible marketing campaigns for Ben & Jerry’s, Working Assets, Stonyfield Farm, Smith & Hawken, and Odwalla.

Maran’s writing is praised for being colorful, compelling, sympathetic, and evocative. My Lie, her memoir, has been described as a convincing, compelling critique of media and psychology. Anne Lamott praised her debut novel, A Theory of Small Earthquakes, as a smart, sexy, funny, wrenching, delicious story of lust and trust and love and family. 

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Caption: Meredith reading for the audience. Source: Authors Unbound

Brand Endorsements

Meredith has not endorsed any brand till now. Also, Meredith has not promoted anything till now and has not been seen in any collaborations with brands. In the coming days, we may see Meredith being associated with some brands and supporting their products. No information is available regarding the other brands Meredith has cooperated with or not.

Awards and Nomination

MEREDITH MARAN is a best-selling author and award-winning journalist who has written several books, including My Lie, Class Dismissed, and What It’s Like to Live Now.

Following a brief stint in Silicon Valley, she became Editor of the Banana Republic Magalog before creating award-winning socially responsible marketing campaigns for Ben & Jerry’s, Working Assets, Stonyfield Farm, Smith & Hawken, and Odwalla.

Relationship Status

Meredith married her girlfriend Katrine Thomas in 2008. Meanwhile, she divorced her husband and fell in love with a woman who is also another incest survivor. Meredith and her husband have two children together and they are Peter Graham and Jesse Graham.

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Caption: Meredith with her wife. Source: Twitter

Scandal

My Lie, published by John Wiley & Sons in 2010, is a memoir about Maran’s false accusation that her father sexually abused her as a child. Throughout the memoir, Maran discusses false memory, the sex abuse panic that swept the United States in the 1980s and 1990s, and coming to terms with accepting responsibility for her actions. The memoir sparks discussion about compassion for those who have been sexually abused as well as those who have been falsely imprisoned as sexual abusers.

Body Measurements

Meredith Maran stands at the height of 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 62 kilograms. But Meredith’s exact body measurements are not available.

Similarly, Meredith has beautiful brown eyes and hair but her dress size and shoe size are not available.

Meredith Maran – Social Media

Meredith is very popular on social media and her fans love her for the positive influence she has on them. Similarly, Meredith is very active on Instagram, where she likes to post snaps of her latest photoshoots with her lovely family and friends.

She has 925 followers on Instagram and owns an account @meredithmaran. Her Twitter handle is @meredithmaran followed by 1929 followers. Her Facebook account is Meredith and has 1107 followers.