Jim Freed is an American writer best known for novels The Illiterate and The Unfulfilled. However, he also got media attention for his marriage with Elizabeth Wurtzel.
The Prozac Nation writer made headlines after her sudden demise at the age of 52. Her cause of death is reported to be breast cancer.
Wurtzel penned seven books throughout her career. Her recent book was published in 2015 under the title Creatocracy: How the Constitution Invented Hollywood.
The tragic news left us wondering about Elizabeth Wurtzel’s personal life. Who is Elizabeth Wurtzel’s husband Jim Freed? What does Elizabeth Wurtzel’s husband Jim Freed do for living? How old is he?
Here is what we know about him. As we get started with Jim Freed wiki, bio, age, height, continue reading to learn more about his occupational background and Instagram stories.
Birth Name/ Real Name
James Freed Jr.
How old is Jim Freed? (Age)
Born in the year 1980, Elizabeth Wurtzel’s husband Jim Freed is reportedly 40 years old. On the other hand, his late wife was born on July 31, 1967. She died on January 7, 2020, in Manhattan, New York, United States.
Sun Sign/ Zodiac Sign
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Instagram ID
You can follow him on Instagram under the User ID @jffreed.
Birth Place
Pennsylvania
Nationality
American
Educational Background
As to his educational background, Elizabeth Wurtzel’s husband Jim Freed has a BA from American University and an MFA from the New School.
What does Elizabeth Wurtzel’s husband Jim Freed do for living?
According to his LinkedIn profile, Jim Freed is a Deputy Picture Editor at MailOnline US. He has been working for the media house since 2011.
On the job description, the 40-year-old writes he is “Responsible for running shifts of up to 15 editors on a desk handling images for 200 stories a day, daily feature assigning, creating photo composites, graphics and gifs for the homepage, monitoring picture news wires, negotiating rates with photographers and agencies, pitching photo-driven features and photo research.”
Previously, he worked for the New York Times for over eight years. He also has also experience of working as an Adjunct Lecturer at LaGuardia Community College, Editorial Assistant, and Assistant to Agents.
Height
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Weight
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How Jim Freed and Elizabeth Wurtzel got married?
At first glance, Jim Freed and Elizabeth Wurtzel’s marriage appears a bit offbeat due to the age difference of more than a decade. The “Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women” writer is 12 years older than her husband.
However, age is just a number. The duo had a successful married life of roughly five years. And as their vow, Jim Freed and Elizabeth Wurtzel were together until the death made them apart.
Elizabeth Wurtzel met her husband on the same bill at a reading at a Manhattan nightclub, where the topic was addiction. Later, they exchanged books and phone numbers and the courtship took off immediately.
“I have only ever known love at first sight, and I know it when I see it,” Wurtzel once wrote. She had also described herself as the worst girlfriend ever, “the crazy ex-girlfriend you hear about.”
Ethnicity
White
Hair Color
Raven
Eye Color
Brown
Jim Freed Wiki Bio
Jim Freed grew up in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. He has four sisters in the family. Both of his parents are writers. Coming from a family of literary talents, Freed began writing at a young age.
His works have appeared in The New York Times, Monkeybicycle, H.O.W. Journal, SPACEY, Stereogum, on NPR (Neighborhood Public Radio) in conjunction with the 2008 Whitney Biennial.
