![]() While Ribon maintains that her novel is fictional, it contains many of her online journal entries. She published her fictionalized story, enhanced by her perceptions as a self-styled "pop culture princess," into the 2003 novel Why Girls Are Weird. A former techie and Web developer based in Austin, Texas, Ribon decided that the popularity of her site meant that her life as a twenty-something must be of interest to someone, somewhere, and decided to create a fictional version. SIDELIGHTS: In 1998 Pamela Ribon started an online journal, (also known as Squishy) that, within only a few years, was recording close to a million "hits" per month. ![]() Why Girls Are Weird, Simon & Schuster ( New York, NY), 2003.Ĭontributor to Webhead. University of Texas, Austin, developmental fundraiser, 1994-97 Tivoli Systems/IBM, Austin, TX, worked in tech support, 1997-2000 Pervasive Software, Austin, Web developer, 1999-2000. E-mail- com.ĬAREER: Web technologist and novelist. ![]() Agent-Kim Witherspoon, Witherspoon Associates, 235 East 31st St., New York, NY 10016. Ethnicity: "Caucasian." Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.F.A., 1997.ĪDDRESSES: Home- Los Angeles, CA. PERSONAL: Born April 4, 1975, in Bloomsburg, PA daughter of John (a hotel manager) and Paula (a hotel manager maiden name, Duska) Ribon. ![]()
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