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ⓘ About Jilly Gagnon
Her op-eds, personal essays, and humor writing has appeared in The Toast, Elle, The Hairpin, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, and The Huffington Post, among others. For “#famous”, there is a pretty obvious inspiration: the “Alex from Target” tale. Jilly believes that the idea of unexpected and instantaneous fame is fascinating, making for a great story. She didn’t think about writing a story about Alex from Target right away, but she was intrigued by it immediately. The idea of being just a regular person one day and then incredibly famous the next blew her mind. Then more of the story began coming out, that while he was going on Ellen, his girlfriend was receiving death threats. From there she kept getting more interested in the entire thing.
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Who is Jilly Gagnon?
Her op-eds, personal essays, and humor writing has appeared in The Toast, Elle, The Hairpin, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, and The Huffington Post, among others. For “#famous”, there is a pretty obvious inspiration: the “Alex from Target” tale. Jilly believes that the idea of unexpected and instantaneous fame is fascinating, making for a great story.
Which Jilly Gagnon series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Choose Your Own Misery series, the earliest of Jilly Gagnon's multi-book series: it opens with The Office (2016) and runs to 3 books across 2016–2018, ending with Dating (2018).
How many books has Jilly Gagnon written?
Jilly Gagnon has 8 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2016 and 2025. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Choose Your Own Misery series with 3 books — and 5 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Jilly Gagnon's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jilly Gagnon's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Choose Your Own Misery (2016–2018, 3 books).
How are Jilly Gagnon's books organised into series?
This guide splits Jilly Gagnon's 8 books into 1 named series and 5 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Choose Your Own Misery (3 books, 2016–2018).