Rebecca Eckler

Rebecca Eckler (born May 11, 1973) is a Canadian journalist and author.

Journalism career

Eckler's work has appeared in "ELLE," "Fashion", "Lifestyles", "Canadian House and Home" and "Mademoiselle". She was the host of the short-lived television show "Modern Manners", and has appeared on CTV and CBC television, and on Global television as a reporter. [ [http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=58038 Author spotlight] , Random House publishers, Retrieved on June 5, 2007]

Eckler was employed by the "National Post" from 2000 to 2005, when she was among a number of staff let go by the CanWest newspaper chain.The announcement "Rebecca Eckler is pregnant" was headlined by the "Post" on its front page.

From March 2006 to May 2007, Eckler wrote "Mommy blogger", a weekly freelance piece in the "Globe and Mail". Currently Eckler is a columnist for Post City Magazines in Toronto. From 2003 until April 2008 she wrote Post City's Shopgirl column. In May 2008 the column was given to Post City associate editor Karen Aagaard.

Books

Eckler became pregnant on the night of her engagement party and published the 2004 book "Knocked Up: Confessions of a Hip Mother-to-Be".

Prior to the book's publication, The "New York Times" published a piece written by Eckler about falling for another man while pregnant with her fiancé's child. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/fashion/20love.html?ex=1268974800&en=b36fb2ed568b57a9&ei=5090&partner=rssuserlan Rebecca Eckler. "Two Men, Baby on the Way and Me." "The New York Times." 20 March 2005.] ]

In April 2007, Eckler followed "Knocked Up" with "Wiped! Life with a Pint-Sized Dictator" which chronicles her first two years of motherhood. In mid-2007, she announced in "Maclean's Magazine" that she had filed a lawsuit against Universal Studios alleging copyright infringement due to alleged similarities between her book and the 2007 comedy film "Knocked Up". [ [http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/06/04/eckler-sues.html "Eckler says film Knocked Up too close to home" CBC.ca. 4 June 2006] ] [Eckler, Rebecca: " [http://www.macleans.ca/homepage/magazine/article.jsp?content=20070611_106143_106143 Is That my Baby on the Screen] ", page 69-71. "Maclean's Magazine", Volume 120 Number 22, June 11, 2007 ]

Reception

Although reviewed positively on "mommy blogs", "Wiped!" received mostly negative reviews in Canadian dailies. "Quill & Quire", Canada's foremost trade/literary magazine, gave the book a particularly scathing review. [ [http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=5454 Review of "Wiped!: Life with a Pint-Size Dictator"] ] .

Eckler's blog, NinePoundDictator, prompted the creation of a parody blog, NineGramBrain, which was noted in "The Toronto Star." The site lasted until December 2007.

In an interview for Parents Canada, Eckler discusses how she likes to be controversial and is now a single mom who has a regular nanny to do housework. [http://www.parentscanada.com/talking/articles.aspx?listingid=323]

References

External links

* [http://ninepounddictator.blogspot.com NinePoundDictator] - Author's blog