Vanessa Armstrong
Writer & Editor
I write words. Sometimes sentences.
Work
I cover genre entertainment daily for Reactor and am associate editor at Genii magazine.Here is a selected list of articles and essays I've written elsewhere:The New York Times
The Show is Fake. Than Fandom Is Real.Overlooked No More: Ellen Armstrong, ‘Marvelous, Mystifying’ Magician of MirthSmithsonian magazineWhen White Supremacists Staged the Only Successful Coup in U.S. HistoryWhen a Labyrinth of Pneumatic Tubes Shuttled Mail Beneath the Streets of New York CityDell O’Dell’s Trailblazing Magic Show Cast a Spell on Early Television AudiencesMIT Technology ReviewThe Return of Pneumatic TubesVultureStar Trek: Strange New Worlds Episodes, Ranked by Captain Pike’s HairOutlander Used to Be About Desire. Now It’s About Survival.Atlas ObscuraL.A.'s Famed Magic Castle Has an Unlikely TwinThe AtlanticSix Books That Explore What’s Out ThereSix Books About the Art of DeceptionTravel + LeisureI Married a Cruise Ship Entertainer — Here's What My Life at Sea Is Really LikeThe LA TimesHow R2-D2 Helped Me Find LoveMcSweeney's Internet TendencyHemingway at Comic-Con
About
Vanessa Armstrong is a freelance editor and journalist focused on history, pop culture, and magic with bylines at The New York Times, The Atlantic, Smithsonian magazine, Glamour, Travel + Leisure, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and many other publications.She is also an associate editor at Genii, a magazine dedicated to the art of magic, and the mom of a rambunctious 4-year-old who was a key collaborator on the “Best Episodes of Bluey” list she wrote for Vulture.She is a member of The Authors Guild, the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), and the Television Critics Association (TCA).
Contact
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