Who is Gabrielle Korn? Tinx admits former Nylon editor-in-chief helped write new book amid ghostwriter drama

Christina "Tinx" Najjar is addressing allegations that she hired a ghostwriter for her fiction debut, Hotter in the Hamptons.

Ahead of its release, one user took to TikTok to voice their grievances against ghostwriting. The user then shared a screen recording of former Nylon editor-in-chief, Gabrielle Korn’s website, which names Najjar's book under the Ghostwriting tab of the Manuscript Services page.

The debacle has since prompted the writer to weigh in, as she admitted that she wanted a queer outlook on her book, referring to Korn as a "collaborator."

Gabrielle Korn is known for her work for Autostraddle, Refinery29, InStyle, and several other digital media publications, where she writes about an array of topics from the beauty industry to being queer with an eating disorder. According to her website, she is an LA-based author, known for her essay collection Everybody (Else) Is Perfect (Atria, 2021) as well as the novels, Yours For The Taking (St. Martin’s Press, December 2023), and The Shutouts (December 2024).

Previously, she also worked as the Editor-in-Chief of Nylon Media from 2017 to 2019, and the Director of Fashion & Culture (and, earlier, the Beauty Editor) of Refinery29.

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Tinx's Hotter in the Hamptons follows a New York City “It” girl who escapes to the Hamptons after she is confronted with a tarnished reputation. Come to find out, her neighbor in the Hamptons is the one who destroyed it. According to The Cut, an amorous affair between the two follows shortly after.

The user touted the downsides of ghostwriting on TikTok on April 2:

“What if someone else wrote it?” a user questioned in the video. “What if the real author was never acknowledged? What if they were hired to stay invisible? What does it say about capitalism and creativity that we've normalized ghost writing in the name of convenience, content and clout?”

Reflecting on why she used a ghostwriter for the book, which features a tryst between two women, Tinx commented on the video:

“Of course I hired a collaborator who’s queer. I am not a lesbian. I wanted to nail that part of the storyline.”

The author cum influencer, who released her first nonfiction book The Shift: Change Your Perspective, Not Yourself in 2023, also claimed she wasn't trying to hide anything:

“It’s not a secret, she’s the first person I thank in the acknowledgments!”

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At the time of writing, Gabrielle Korn has yet to respond to the debacle. As for the It’s Me Tinx podcast host, she shows no signs of slowing down, as Hotter in the Hamptons may be adapted into a TV show by Nobody Wants This producers, Sara Foster and Erin Foster soon, E! News reported.

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