The Only Thing Missing From My Coffee Table Is Coffee

Coffee table? Where art thou? Great news for my L.A. peeps. I’m doing a reading of Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide To Your Favorite Music Scenes—From Punk To Indie And Everything In Between at Book Soup on Tuesday, April 21. It starts at 7 PM and will go until one of two things happen: 1.) my throat gets so dry I can’t croak out another word 2.) I get tired of picturing everyone in their underwear and need to put on my shades Get... Read More

Happy Book Birthday To Me!

It’s official… Wish You Were Here hits bookstore shelves (and Amazon.com shopping carts) today!! Have you picked up your copy yet? If not, what are you waiting for? Go here and order your copy today! In case you didn’t know, the book is kid-tested and Hayley approved. Click the picture below to see what I mean!  Read More

Come Tour L.A. With Me

So, as you prolly all know, I moved to L.A. about four months ago to come work at Buzznet.com. I left my beloved Cleveland skyline and moon boots behind for random sightings of Ashley Parker Angel at Trader Joes and the sunny skies of La-La Land. Bliss, right? Needless to say, it’s been a pretty huge transition, but I’m totes trying to make Hollywood my home. In an attempt to explore my hood, my awesome publishers at HarperCollins hooked... Read More

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LESLIE SIMON is a writer, editor, and content strategist who treasures her business cards from past gigs at Paramount, Warner Records, MTV, and Alternative Press Magazine.

She is the co-author of the book Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide To Emo Culture, in addition to being the author of books like Geek Girls Unite: How Fangirls, Bookworms, Indie Chicks And Other Misfits Are Taking Over The World and Wish You Were Here: An Essential Guide To Your Favorite Music Scenes.

Leslie currently lives in Los Angeles where she enjoys watching past seasons of This Old House with her rescue pup Stanley Tucci.