Sydney Rende is a writer and editor. You can read her work in The New York Times Style Magazine, Carve Magazine, Joyland, and elsewhere. Her debut short story collection, I COULD BE FAMOUS, is forthcoming from Bloomsbury in 2026.

A reality TV enthusiast since that fateful night in 2007 when LC called Spencer Pratt a “Sucky Person,” she will challenge anyone who argues that reality TV isn’t high art.

She lives in Southern California.