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About Mireille Silcoff
- Mireille Silcoff (born February 1, 1973 in Montreal) is a Canadian author, journalist, and editor.
- She is the author of four books, including the award-winning work of fiction Chez L'arabe (Anansi).
- Silcoff was a longstanding columnist with the National Post and is a contributor to publications including The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, and Ha'aretz.
- She is the founding editor of Guilt & Pleasure Quarterly, "a magazine of new Jewish writing and ideas" (2005-2007), and the founder of a Toronto-based discussion salon (2004-2006) that was connected to the magazine.
- In 2006, Silcoff stepped away from all journalism, magazine work, and public appearances after developing the rare neurological syndrome, Chronic Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks.
- After years of being bedridden, she began writing again for the National Post in 2010 and for the New York Times Magazine in 2011.
- The partially autobiographical Chez L'arabe describes her cloistered world of severe illness.From the age of 19 to 24, Silcoff was a music journalist specializing in nightclub culture.
- Up until 2001, she published under the pen name Mireille Silcott, authoring two books under that name, Rave America (ECW Press, 1998) and The Book of E (Omnibus Press, 2000, co-authored with Push).
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