Philip Galanes

Galanes grew up in the readership area of the Brattleboro Reformer, from which he read to his family the "Dear Abby" family-advice column six days a week in his self-appointed roles as the "family fixer".[1][2]

Galanes received his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Yale College and Yale Law School, and then worked at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton and Garrison and Debevoise and Plimpton. He has also been employed by Golden Books Family Entertainment, the children's book publishing and media company.

Galanes' father died of a self-inflicted gunshot when Galanes was 23, a fact that Galanes kept secret for a decade while substituting fictional causes of his father's death.[3]

Galanes has published two novels: Father's Day, published in 2004 (Alfred A. Knopf), and Emma's Table, published in 2008 (HarperCollins). He is included in Contemporary Authors, Volume 231, 2005, and Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Volume 196, 2010.[4] Writing Father's Day was a step in Galanes coming to terms with his father's death.[1]

Galanes currently writes the modern-day advice column "Social Q's", which appears weekly in the New York Times Sunday Styles section. The column came about when a Times editor who read one of Galanes's novels proposed he try the new medium.[1][2][5]

Some of Galanes's essays from the column were published as the book Social Q's: How to Survive the Quirks, Quandaries, and Quagmires of Today. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2011 ISBN 9781451605785.[6] As characterized by radio interviewer Terry Gross, the essays "offers advice on how to handle difficult social situations at work and at home, as well as how to deal with new etiquette questions relating to texting, email and social media".[1] Galanes also monitors the "Social Q's" group on Facebook, where members discuss current topics.

Galanes frequently appears on television in connection with his column. He has been interviewed on The Gayle King Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and Plum TV. He appears regularly on Today with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford. Galanes has also been on a number of NPR programs.

• McCully, Martha, "RSVP: Novel Approach," Elle Décor, October 2008, p. 118.
• Amodio, Joseph V., "Review: 'Emma's Table' by Philip Galanes," Newsday, August 31, 2008.
• Supsic, Jami, “Philip Galanes: A Lawyer, an Author and Etiquette Columnist Add Up to One Dynamic Designer”, Hamptons Cottages and Gardens, August 1–15, 2008, p. 140.
• Galanes, Philip, “This One's For Martha”, Huffington Post, August 4, 2008.
• Wloszczyna, Susan, “'Emma's Table' serves up a familiar but filling feast”, USA Today, July 31, 2008.
• Collins-Hughes, Laura, “Mostly Martha: Philip Galanes's 'Emma's Table'”, The New York Sun, July 28, 2008.
• Goldsmith, Belinda, “Author Philip Galanes Finds Writing a Form of Therapy,” Reuters, July 24, 2008.
• Green, Penelope, “Starting Over, and Over, and Over,” The New York Times, January 24, 2008, pp. F1, F6.
• Lind, Diana, Designing the Hamptons: Portraits of Interiors, New York: Edizioni Press, July 2006, pp. 227–245.
• Bernstein, Fred A., "Modern to the Max," Hamptons Cottages and Gardens, June 1–15, 2006, pp. 104–111.
• Lange, Alexandra, “All Clear”, New York magazine, May 29, 2006, pp. 46–49.
• Hughes, Elizabeth B., Frank, Cynthia, (Prod.), "Second Generation," House & Garden, February 2006, pp. 90–97.
• Barreneche, Raul A., “The House That Homework Built”, The New York Times, August 5, 2004, pp. F1, F6.
• Rozzo, Mark, "First Fiction: Father's Day," The Los Angeles Times, June 27, 2004.
• Walker, Lou A., "Long Island Books," The East Hampton Star, June 24, 2004.
• Blaustein, David, "Grisly Humor: Father's Day," Lambda Book Report, June – July 2004, pp. 28–29.
• Doonan, Simon, "A 'Telly Nelly' Tells All: Secrets of On-Camera Swish," The New York Observer, May 30, 2004. (link to article)
• Greenfield, Beth, "Blanket Statement: Before You Hit the Sand, Gather Up Some Gay Summer Reads," Time Out New York, May 20–27, 2004, p. 111.
• Iovine, Julie V., “The Go-Getter's Guide to Better Nesting”, The New York Times, November 2, 2000, pp. F1, F10.

• Philip Galanes's official website