THE CRITICS WEIGH IN


“Higher up on the designer totem-pole than The Devil Wears Prada.... What's different...and interesting about the book is that its main character is in a position of power and knows a lot about the magazine business...a smart, gimlet-eyed professional.”
– Janet Maslin, The New York Times

“...(in the) magazine industry, if you do dirt to underlings...they'll make you a character in a novel. So it is with Sally Koslow, the author of the light and bright... Little Pink Slips...notable...for the many grace notes in the writing. Those include memorable descriptions (a white orchid is "pale, perfect, botanical Uma Thurman") and genuine wit that glints from the pages (a glamorous, canny editor who is on the right side of every putsch offers Magnolia advice 'from her lookout atop Mount success.')"
– Joanne Kaufman, Wall Street Journal

“Sally Koslow...has parlayed her experience into a most entertaining...novel... The lead character...is instantly likable: smart, ambitious, crazy about her work and insecure in a way most of us will recognize. ("Any minute now, she'd be exposed as the cubic zirconia she truly believed she was.") ... Koslow really nailed the industry's pungent combination of gossip and glamour, daily grind and daily manicures, polished looks, and (sometimes) mean little hearts...I especially appreciate the way Koslow avoids the conventional happy-ever-after....Little Pink Slips...is great fun...there is a welcome absence of pretension...Although Koslow can be witty, her tone never gets too brittle. Underneath the smart-aleckisms is a welcome optimism and honesty.And the pacing is great. Think of Little Pink Slips as lingerie in book form--frivolous but irresistible--and you won't be sorry you bright it home.”
– Kathy Weissman, Bookreporter.com

“Magnolia loves magazines (after all, as Koslow writes, "they'd taught her to...handicap the marriage prospects of Prince William")...Koslow is a...disciplined writer...upbeat...old-fashioned storytelling.”
– Penelope Green, The New York Times' Book Review

“Great read: A breezy poke at corporate greed, celeb worship and the search for Mr. Right.”
– People

“A dishy, delightful insider’s view of the elite in magazine publishing, a subject (Koslow) is more than qualified to spoof, having been editor-in-chief.”
– Booklist

“Little Pink Slips will be this year’s The Devil Wears Prada.”
– New York Post

“Reading Little Pink Slips in two days is like eating a giant-size bag of chips in one sitting... salty, tasty... you can't stop shoving them in your mouth.... Fun, full of juicy details."
– Carin Rubinstein, Ph.D., author of Beyond the Mommy Years

“Think of it as the devil eats pizza! It has fashionista moments but adds in heart and biting satire.”
– Star

“Brain Candy: The real-life world of big-name magazine publishing can be filled with high drama. Create that world in fiction, and you have the perfect environment to set another page-turner in the style of the best-selling The Devil Wears Prada.
— The Roanoke Times

“…fascinating glimpse behind the scenes (into) modern celebrity mania….destined to be one of the big beach books of the summer of 2007.”
– Connecticut Post

“Koslow’s zippy prose captures the manic intensity and not-always-glamorous world of New York magazines. Breezy glimpse into behind-the-scenes shenanigans of modern celebrity culture and the women’s magazine business”
– Kirkus Reviews

“...dead-on fabulous at describing the magazine world...a wickedly smart insider read.”
– Carol Fitzgerald, Bookreporter.com

“Here, the devil wears bike shorts. We…root for Magnolia…a lamb surrounded by wolves.”
– Associated Press

“Now this was a great read…All kinds of dish about the workings of a magazine, plus romantic sub-plots…. Fun, fun, fun.”
– Book Habit

“From the trenches: former magazine editor Sally Koslow details the trials and tribulation of publishing.”
– Harper’s Bazaar

“Behind-the-scenes maneuvers will keep readers turning pages…call it the red state The Devil Wears Prada.”
– Publisher’s Weekly

“Little Pink Slips has a Danielle Steel-like allure.”
– Media Industry Newsletter

“Picks up where The Devil Wears Prada left off. Sparkly, fast-paced fun.”
– Ladies’ Home Journal

“…the anti-Devil Wears Prada…all the same inside juice, but this time, you root for the editor! Koslow has created a superhero of a character in editor-in-chief Magnolia Gold….a smart but fashion-challenged…girl from Fargo, North Dakota. Magazines need more Magnolias!”
– Cosmo GIRL

“Koslow’s take on her faux Rosie is…dead on.”
– Entertainment Weekly

“Whip-smart, scandalous, and chic: Little Pink Slips is as decadent as a box of sugary cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery.”
– Stephanie Klein, author of Straight Up and Dirty

“I like Magnolia...a smart woman with depth...not a paper thin chick lit facsimile of a modern working girl...Koslow's writing elevates Little Pink Slips above the others in the genre.”
— The Tailored Woman

“...fun and delicious, like eating a whole chocolate cake...I found myself laughing out loud and rooting for Magnolia, who is....100% likeable.” —
Best Books Reviewed

“A delicious, laugh-out-loud take on the magazine industry.”
— Bonnie Fuller, American Media

“#1 of the Top 10 Beach Reads”
— Gypsy Psychic
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“I say I don’t like Chick Lit, but once you start reading a good novel you can’t put it down. This story covers the same territory as The Devil Wears Prada, women’s magazine publishing. Magnolia Gold, wunderkind editor from Fargo, is riding high as editor-in-chief of Lady magazine until her publisher decides to rename the magazine Bebe and turn the top job over to raunchy talk show hostess Bebe Blake. Magnolia is demoted twice and then laid off. While Magnolia struggles with unemployment and loss of status Bebe and her friends ruin the magazine and cost the publishing company millions in revenue. Since the author was once editor-in-chief of McCall’s and was replaced by Rosie O’Donnell when Rosie replaced McCall’s, it’s easy to tell who the real people are behind the characters in the book. It’s a fun, fast read.”
— 50 Books Challenge

“Little Pink Slips by Sally Koslow. Former McCall’s magazine editor-in-chief penned a novel from a magazine insider’s point of view.”
— Hot Summer Reads, Francismartine

“Hehe. Anyways, I am currently reading Little Pink Slips by Sally Koslow. Just started reading a couple of minutes ago, but had to put it down cuz the eyes were kinda trippen'. Anyways, go and get a book to read. It's good for you!!”
— Reading, msbeLLa

“A little backstabbing, a few splashes of love interests, and add a twist of fashion and the glossy world of women’s magazines and you’ve got the recipe for Koslow’s Little Pink Slips, as delicious as any summertime cocktail! Drawing from her own first-hand experience within the world of publications, Koslow grants readers an insider’s look into the sometimes cutthroat, always fabulous, industry. An addictive read, filled with scandal, gossip, and a sharp, clever writing style that you won’t be able to put down.”
— Social Life