Jancee Dunn (born May 18, 1966) is a

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and former VJ. She is now a contributing editor at

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but is mostly known for her work at ''

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'', where she worked from 1989 to 2003.

Background

She grew up in

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and attended

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but dropped out of her

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's course in English. Her husband is the print and Internet journalist Tom Vanderbilt. They have one daughter, Sylvie Rein, born May 5, 2009.

''Rolling Stone''

Dunn has written for ''Rolling Stone'' since 1989; her first cover story was with

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. She has covered celebrities including Green Day, Bono, Madonna,

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and Brad Pitt for the magazine.

Other work

Dunn was also one of the original on-air personalities for MTV2, from 1996 until 2001. She writes for a number of publications, including ''

'', ''

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'', '' Jane'', ''

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'', and others. For five years, she was a sex columnist at GQ under the

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of Dr. Sooth. She contributed to Good Morning America between 2001 and 2002. Dunn is also the author of ''But Enough About Me: A Jersey Girl's Unlikely Adventures Among the Absurdly Famous'' (titled ''But Enough About Me: From Eighties Geek To Rock & Roll Chic'' outside North America), published in June 2006 by HarperCollins. It was an autobiography that chronicled her transformation from a suburban girl to contributing editor at one of the most glamorous magazines in the world. The book received a positive review from

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Books

* ''But Enough About Me (2006)'' * ''But Enough About Me: How a Small-Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet (2006)'' * ''But Enough about Me: Adventures in Celebsville'' (2007) * ''Don't You Forget about Me'' (2008) * ''Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?: And Other Questions I Wish I Never Had to Ask (2009)'' * ''How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids (2017)''

References

External links

Interview with NPR's
'' On the Media''
Article in
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Interview with the OMG chronicles
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