Kate Kennedy is a Chicago-based millennial multi-hyphenate, author, entrepreneur and pop culture commentator, best known for hosting her weekly pop culture podcast Be There in Five. Kennedy has a marketing degree from the Pamplin School of Business at Virginia Tech, and prior to starting Be There in Five, was an Ogilvy Award nominated market researcher turned accidental entrepreneur. Kate's life changed when she decided to put "turn off your curling iron" on her doormat so she wouldn't burn her apartment down. Her "remindoormats" captured the zeitgeist, selling thousands and featured in Glamour, Good Housekeeping, RealSimple, HuffPost, BuzzFeed, Self, and Martha Stewart. Be There in Five is now a full-time gig and has led her to sold-out live shows across the country. Kate's career and commentary have been featured in People, HuffPost, New York Times, BuzzFeed, and The Washington Post.

"A perceptive personal meditation on the late 1990s and early 2000s pop culture that shaped her childhood... Kennedy provides memoir by way of cultural commentary, cleverly using her hybrid approach to highlight the ways in which trends and media popular during one's formative years profoundly influence one's identity. Told with wit and candor, this will strike a chord with Gen Yers."
-- Publishers Weekly

"A nostalgic look at what it was like growing up as a millennial girl in the 1990s and as a young woman in the early 2000s...Millennial patrons will love this title, but so will pop culture followers and fans of nostalgia and humor."
-- Library Journal

"In just 336 pages, Kennedy somehow became the voice of a generation--and we are the better for it."
-- Marie Claire

"Finally, a book that covers all things millennial from an actual millennial's viewpoint! Kate Kennedy's clever analyzation of an often critiqued generation is as witty as it is charming."
-- Brit & Co.

"There's a reason that this book was an instant New York Times Bestseller, it deserved to be. Dripping with all things deliciously pop culture and growing up as a millennial, Kennedy takes her essay collection to a new level with her hilarious take on being a woman, her lived experiences, and what our culture and time in space means. Each story in the book drives you to want more and read onward just to revel in the fact that it's so damned nice to commiserate with someone who is still very much in their figuring-it-out era."
-- Electric Lit

"This is one of the best books I've ever read. When you read this book, you'll see yourself in the pages, you'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll feel like finally somebody put into words what it was like to grow up as a millennial woman."
-- The Everygirl

"Deliciously nostalgic and brain-tinglingly astute. Kate Kennedy has a Gilmore Girls-snappy voice, Taylor Swift-style emotional relatability, and a witty wisdom all her own. Thanks to this book, I'm actually proud to be in my millennial cringe era."
-- Amanda Montell, author of CULTISH and WORDSLUT

"Kate Kennedy is a champion of -- and among -- millennial women, and her debut book reinforces that there is depth to even the seemingly shallowest subjects. Kate has the rare gift of making everything interesting, and every page of this insightful, tender and hilarious collection feels like a late-night conversation with an old friend about things you were sure only you thought about. She is definitely a voice of this generation. I loved every single page of this book, and was devastated to find that, like all good things, it came to an end."
- Nora McInerny, author of BAD VIBES ONLY

"In today's digital age, where it can be challenging to keep up with rapid changes of everything happening around us, this book offers a fresh perspective from one millennial to another. What I find fascinating is that, amidst all of our diverse experiences, we all share the common thread of growing up navigating through these transformative years. This book is filled with vivid details, from Pentel's R.S.V.P. pens to Beatles' songs performed by the Across the Universe cast that are more than just nostalgic, but provide opportunities to cultivate a multidimensional and nuanced approach to both cultural analysis and personal reflection, while also encouraging us to embrace the present and look ahead to the future."
- Morgan Harper Nichols, Artist and Author of Wall Street Journal Bestseller ALL ALONG YOU WERE BLOOMING

"Hilarious, brilliant, and relatable as hell, ONE IN A MILLENNIAL establishes Kate Kennedy as a dazzling new voice for the millennial generation. In every fresh, insightful, and sneakily powerful essay, Kate excavates personal memories and pop culture moments by pinpointing exactly why they were so meaningful and formative. She allows women of all generations to celebrate our surface-level interests and not limit ourselves to the boxes society tries to put us in."
- Jenny Mollen, New York Times bestselling author

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Pub date: 2024-01-23

Length: 336 pages