Maddie Connors is a comedian and writer based in LA who has written for The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and W Magazine. She’s currently a writer for the Short Takes column at the Los Angeles Review of Books. She has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Bennington College. Her stand-up has been featured in The LA Times, and she has written for College Humor and Reductress.
You can reach her at madconnors0@gmail.com
Published Works
Inside Alessandro Michele’s Los Angeles Book Party — High Snobriety
The 12 Best Summer Books to Sink Your Teeth Into— The LA Times
Inside the elaborate, competitive L.A. book club taking immersion to the extreme— The LA Times
The Rise of the ‘Adderall Novel’— The LA Times
How a Pacific Palisades Book Club Remains Unbreakable— The LA Times
L.A. Has Always Been A Wine Town. Just Ask My Dad, Who Sold White Zin on Y2K Sunset Boulevard— The LA Times
She’s The So-Called Womb Witch. Here’s Why Her Clients Keep Returning— The LA Times
Is That Your Kid’s Drawing Or The Cover of the Hottest New Novel? — The LA Times
A Grain of Salt: The Viral L.A. Reading and Dining Series- The LA Times
Smoke a Joint and Get Deep With Flowers at This Guided Floral Design Workshop in DTLA- The LA Times
A barista turns tragedy into a coffee shop where customers can caffeinate and cry - The LA Times
How This LA Gym Became A Refuge For The Trans Community - The LA Times
Pro Skaters Have Taken The Grind To This LA Gym - High Snobriety
Sunday mornings are for ‘sex therapy’ at this very smutty book club - The LA Times
2025
Roll with GrlSwirl, the group changing skateboarding culture in Venice Beach and beyond- The LA Times
Ashley Hayward: The Jumbo’s Clown Room Icon Who is L.A.’s Best Kept Pilates Secret - The LA Times
Bizarre, disturbing, campy— this immersive L.A. show taps into the Arctic wild- The LA Times
Where to Find L.A.’s lit scene this winter: 11 reading events worth the drive - The LA Times
6 Writers Remember Joan Didion, L.A.’s Literary Prophet who ‘remains full of surprises’ - The LA Times
Shake, sweat and let your inner child loose with Dua Lipa’s former choreographer- The LA Times
Introverts welcome at this Audiobook walking club - The LA Times
Here are 8 rollicking spots to go line dancing around L.A. - The LA Times
Amy Silverberg by Maddie Connors - Bomb Magazine
Honduran Home Cook Sells Burritos to Workers of L.A.- The LA Times
Are Matcha Men The New Soy Boys? - GQ
The Psychedelic Artist Who Painted Through the Apocalypse - Doubleblind Magazine
Are Salmon Sperm Facials really good for your skin? - The LA Times
Inside the Buzzy Closet Sale for L.A. Fashion ‘It’ Girls - The LA Times
Meet the Jumbo’s Clown Room Dancer, whose sexy, effortless cookbook is for the girls - The LA Times
2024
No turf wars, no sexism: Meet the queer Gen Z women giving billiards a rebrand in L.A. - The LA Times
On Lili Anolik and Didion & Babitz - Los Angeles Review of Books
Lessons From The Haight-Ashbury Era - Doubleblind Magazine
Stanley Mouse’s Art for the Grateful Dead Became the Totems of Psychedelic Rock - Doubleblind Magazine
What is Loveboming - Vogue Magazine
‘No Judgement’ with Lauren Oyler - Document Journal
‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ - The New York Times
The Dingbat of Harvard Boulevard - New York Review of Architecture
Generosity and Paranoia - The Dirt
Natasha Stagg Will Never Leave New York - i-D Magazine
@freshhel is just a girl having fun online - i-D Magazine
Binchtopia: The viral podcast merging philosophy and culture - The Face
Sexual Transcription: On Jen Beagin’s “Big Swiss” - Los Angeles Review of Books
Clothes for the Chronically Online: Irreverent DIY brands are carving out spaces in the fashion industry - Document Journal
How Bram Stoker’s Dracula Became ‘Dracula Daily’ and an Internet Sensation - The New York Times
Mexico City’s Newfound Status: A Skateboarder’s Paradise - The New York Times
These Artists are Painting Moody, Classical Still Lifes of Iconic Snacks - Bon Appétit
Alia Shawkat is the Patron Saint of Millennials -Cultured Magazine
Wallice, an Indie Pop Sensation from Los Angeles -The New York Times
John Wilson Obsessively Trawls Craigslist’s Free Section in His Spare Time - W Magazine
People Not Mascots is A Campaign To Get Mascots Out of High Schools- Teen Vogue
Mimi Webb Talks Viral TikTok Fame and “Dumb Love” - Teen Vogue
Meet The Navajo Nation Skateboarder Going Viral on TikTok- Teen Vogue
Princess Nokia is Curating Pics on Instagram, Talks Importance of POC Photography- Teen Vogue
One More, With Feeling- BookForum
StripTok: Where the Workers are the V.I.P.S- The New York Times
Why Did Every Rich Person on TV Have a Polish Maid? - Vanity Fair
Meet The Teacher Who Made Bernie Sanders’ Viral Mittens - Teen Vogue
How Parade Underwear Took Over Instagram- The New York Times
The Ripple of My Mother’s Hunger- The New York Times
Comedy Writing
How Your Enemies Spent Quarantine- The New Yorker
Red Flag? This Guy Wants to Eat at a Restaurant-Reductress
5 Quentin Tarantino Movies That are Just Your Period- Reductress
Why I Chose to Quit My Job and Move to Shondaland- Reductress
5 Teacup Yorkies Whose Separation Anxiety is Almost As Bad As Yours- Reductress
Gatsby-Themed Wedding Ideas that Say “I Didn’t Read The Book” - Reductress
Contact her: madconnors0@gmail.com