Dana Jae Schwartz is an American journalist and author. She was previously a correspondent at Entertainment Weekly; she is also the author of three books.
After internships with Conan O'Brien and at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, she began a career as a writer. While an undergraduate, Schwartz attracted attention by setting up two parodic Twitter profiles, "GuyInYourMFA" parodying pretentious and patronizing aspiring writers, and "DystopianYA" parodying young adult fiction such as the Hunger Games series set in a dystopian future, both of which became popular with readers. Schwartz's success on Twitter helped launch her career in writing and publishing. She was named one of the hundred most influential people in Brooklyn culture by Brooklyn Magazine in 2016. While a writer at the New York Observer, Schwartz wrote an open letter to her employer Jared Kushner criticizing his father-in-law Donald Trump's posting content from anti-Semitic sources on his Twitter feed, to which Kushner wrote a similar open letter in response. Schwartz is the creator and host of the podcast Noble Blood, which focuses on stories from the lives of historical royals. The podcast debuted at No.1 on the iTunes podcast charts, and has remained in the Top 100 since its release. The series was produced by Lore creator Aaron Mahnke. Schwartz is a staff writer on the Marvel television series She-Hulk for Disney+.
Books
''And We're Off''
Dana Schwartz has published three books. Her first book, a YA novel entitled And We're Off was published in May 2017. Seventeen Magazine named it one of the best books of the year, and Vulture listed it as one of the 10 best YA books of 2017.
''Choose Your Own Disaster''
Schwartz's memoir, entitled Choose Your Own Disaster, was released in June 2018.
''The White Man's Guide to White Male Writers of the Western Canon''
A book narrated by the "GuyInYourMFA" Twitter account character, with illustrations by New Yorker cartoonist Jason Adam Katzenstein, was released November 2019.
''Anatomy, A Love Story''
Schwartz announced her fourth book, Anatomy, A Love Story, will be published in 2021.
