Amanda Montell
Amanda Montell (born 16 February 1992) is an American author, linguist, and writer. 
Montell was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. Her debut book, "Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language", was released in 2019. It received positive reviews from the "New York Times", "Time Magazine", "Kirkus Reviews", "Publishers Weekly", and The "Adelaide Review". It was also named one of the best books of May 2019 by "Popsugar", "Marie Claire", and "Cosmopolitan", and was recommended by "CNN" and "Refinery29".

Her second book, "Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism", will be published in 2021. The book was partially inspired by Montell's father, who spent his teen years in the cult Synanon.

Montell holds a degree in linguistics from New York University and her writing has appeared in "Time", "Nylon", "Cosmopolitan", "Glamour", "Domino", and "Marie Claire". She previously worked as a beauty and features editor at "Byrdie" and "Who What Wear". She also created a web series, "The Dirty Word", for Joey Soloway's now defunct platform, "Wifey".
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