Simone O. Elias is a cultural critic and author. She became the youngest published nonfiction author in history with her first book, Old Films, Young Eyes, in 2024, which received praise from New Yorker critics, esteemed biographers, and showrunners. Elias has hosted Turner Classic Movies, and has been profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle, Psychology Today and The Forward. She has worked with the Internet Archive since the age of 13. Porcelain Rage is her second book.
