Writer and editor

About Anne

Anne Newgarden is a New York writer and editor whose books range from Jane Austen and Christmas traditions to her own experiences with psychics and mediums.
Anne Newgarden seated in a recording studio
Anne at work · recording studio

New York beginnings

From Staten Island to Greenwich Village.

Anne was born and raised on Staten Island, New York City’s “forgotten borough,” where her fascination with metaphysical questions began. She has called Greenwich Village home for many years. After Stuyvesant High School, she studied English at the University of Virginia.

She has worked as a writer and editor in children’s educational and entertainment media; copy editor and proofreader for magazines and books; project coordinator in an experimental New York City public-school classroom; and, among other jobs, personal assistant to a celebrated folk musician and concession-stand manager at an Off-Broadway theater.

Her books

From Jane Austen to the unexplained.

Her books include Christmas pop-up books, a Jane Austen film companion, a memoir, and a guide to psychic readings.

Published work

Her books include Christmas in New York: A Pop-Up Book, Christmas Around the World: A Pop-Up Book, Becoming Jane: The Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen, Adventures of a Soul, and 15 Things Good Psychics Wished You Knew Before a Reading.

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Away from the desk

Anne loves strong coffee, independent movie theaters, sandpipers, small children, and expanding her consciousness—not exclusively or necessarily in that order. She is happiest by the water and writes and plays whenever she can at the Jersey Shore.

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