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{{short description|American author and screenwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| namecaption = Kristin = Gore in 2007
| birth_name = Kristin Carlson Gore▼
| caption = Kristin Gore at the 2007 Texas Book Festival
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|6|5}}▼
| pseudonym =
| birth_place = [[Carthage, Tennessee]], U.S.▼
▲| birth_name=Kristin Carlson Gore
| alma_matereducation = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])▼
▲| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|6|5}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Author, |screenwriter|director}}▼
▲| birth_place = [[Carthage, Tennessee]], U.S.
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* {{marriage|Paul Cusack|2005|2009|end=divorced}}
▲| occupation = Author, screenwriter
* {{marriage|[[Damian Kulash]]|2016}}
| nationality = American
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▲| alma_mater = [[Harvard University]]
| periodchildren = 2
| relativesparents = [[Al Gore]] <small>(father)</small><br/>[[Tipper Gore]] <small>(mother)</small>▼
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| relatives = [[Karenna Gore]] (sister)
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| notableworks =''Sammy's Hill''<br> ''Sammy's House''<br>Screenwriter for ''[[Futurama]]'' and ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| spouse = Paul Cusack (2005–2009) <br> Damian Kulash (2016–present)
▲| relatives = [[Al Gore]] <small>(father)</small><br/>[[Tipper Gore]] <small>(mother)</small>
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'''Kristin Carlson Gore'''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gore |first1=Al |title=The Assault on Reason |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=15oBuYPjex4C&pg=PA275 |accessdateaccess-date=January 8, 2009 |date=May 22, 2007 |origyear= |publisher=[[Penguin Group|Penguin Press]] |location=New York |language= |isbn=978-1-59420-122-6 }}</ref> (born June 5, 1977) is an American author, screenwriter, and screenwriterdirector. She is the second daughter of former [[AlVice President Goreof the United States|AlU.S. vice president]] and [[TipperAl Gore]] and the sister ofadvocate [[KarennaTipper Gore|Karenna Gore Schiff]], Sarah(née and Albert IIIAitcheson).
 
==Background Early life ==
Gore was born in [[Carthage, Tennessee]]. She has three siblings, sisters [[Karenna Gore|Karenna]] and Sarah, and brother Albert III. Gore was raised in [[Washington, D.C.]], She graduated from [[National Cathedral School]] in 1995 and from [[Harvard University]] in 1999.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120904043630/http://www.harvardmag.com/ja99/jhj.images.html July–August 1999: Images of Commencement]</ref> While at Harvard, she was an editor for '' [[The Harvard Lampoon]]''., Untiland, until her senior year at Harvard, she was the only woman on theits literary board of ''Harvard Lampoon'': "I didn't know its reputation at all", she says. "It was just that the funniest people I knew at Harvard were on the ''Lampoon'', so I looked into it and it ended up being one of the best things I did."<ref name="timesargus.com">[http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040919/NEWS/409190322/1013 Books & Authors: A capital idea from a Gore daughter: Times Argus Online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206001125/http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20040919%2FNEWS%2F409190322%2F1013 |date=December 6, 2016 }}</ref>
 
==Career==
Gore has published three novels, ''Sammy's Hill'' (2004), ''Sammy's House'' (2007), and ''Sweet Jiminy'' (2011).<ref>[http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3885 WGBH Forum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615084314/http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3885 |date=June 15, 2008 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/books/review/Douthat-t.html Young Climbers in Love] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605080055/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/books/review/Douthat-t.html |date=June 5, 2015 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604131417/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42652011/ns/today-books/t/kristin-gore-explores-deep-south-sweet-jiminy/ Kristin Gore explores the Deep South in 'Sweet Jiminy'] </ref> She co-wrote the screenplay for the 2015 film ''[[Accidental Love]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/01/nailed.html|title=Trailer for Accidental Love, a.k.a. Nailed, a.k.a. the Film Director David O. Russell Doesn't Want His Name On|first1=Lindsey|last1=Weber|date=January 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/kristin-gore-the-veep-s-screenwriter-daughter-9198061.html | title=Kristin Gore: Writer talks about war trauma and her father, al Gore | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=18 March 2014 }}</ref> and the narration for the 2007 documentary ''[[Arctic Tale]]''. She washas also been a writer for the animated sitcom ''[[Futurama]]'' and the long-running sketch comedy series ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref name="timesargus.com"/>
 
In 1999, Gore sang backup vocals on a [[Diva Zappa]] comedy single called "When The BellBall Drops" about Zappa's "hunt for someone to make out with on the [[Millennium]]".<ref name="wms">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8FdIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7B4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4103,6180594&dq=diva+zappa&hl=en|title=Diva Zappa: Two Gores and a Record|date=1999-12-29|work=Wilmington Morning Star|accessdateaccess-date=29 March 29, 2011}}</ref> [[Tipper Gore]] played drums on the recording.<ref name="heraldjournal">{{cite news | title = Tipper Gore Plays Drums for Diva Zappa | author = Staff | newspaper = [[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] | date = December 28, 1999 }}</ref>
 
In 2013, she worked on [[Spike Jonze]]'s film ''[[Her (film)|Her]]''. (she does not say in what capacity), andGore has written a screenplay called ''Racing Dreams'', thatwith [[Lance Acord]] willattached to direct.<ref>{{cite news|author=Macnab|first=Geoffrey|date=March Macnab18, 2014|title=Kristin Gore: The veep's screenwriter daughter|work=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/kristin-gore-the-veeps-screenwriter-daughter-9198061.html |titleaccess-date=KristinAugust Gore:21, The veep's screenwriter daughter &#124; Features &#124; Culture |publisher=The Independent |date=2014-03-18 |accessdate=2016-08-21}}</ref>
 
She wrote and co-directed the 2023 comedy-drama film ''[[The Beanie Bubble]]'' alongside her husband, [[Damian Kulash]].
==Personal life==▼
Gore married Paul Cusack, a former district director for former [[Massachusetts]] [[United States]] Representative [[Marty Meehan]], in 2005. The couple divorced in 2009.<ref name=cnn_divorce>{{cite web|last=Chen|first=Stephanie|title=Could you be 'infected' by friend's divorce?|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/06/10/divorce.contagious.gore/index.html|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref> She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, [[Damian Kulash]] from the rock band [[OK Go]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Gunther|first=Erik|title=Exclusive: OK Go's Damian Kulash and Former VP's Kid Kristin Gore Buy|url=https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/ok-go-damian-kulash-and-kristin-gore-purchase-los-angeles-home.amp/}}</ref>▼
 
▲== Personal life ==
==Awards and nominations==
[[File:Vice_President_Al_Gore_poses_with_his_daughters,_Karenna_(left)_and_Kristin,_after_competing_the_22nd_Marine_Corps_Marathon._Mr._Gore_and_his_daughters_crossed_the_finish_line_at_4-_-_DPLA_-_24aab4829e9f5cc336b7d23ac0417a0d.jpeg|thumb|right|Kristen Gore (right) with father Al and sister Karenna]]
''Winner'':
▲Gore married Paul Cusack, a former district director for former [[Massachusetts]] [[United States]] Representative [[Marty Meehan]], in 2005. The couple divorced in 2009.<ref name=cnn_divorce>{{cite web|last=Chen|first=Stephanie|title=Could you be 'infected' by friend's divorce?|website=[[CNN]] |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/06/10/divorce.contagious.gore/index.html|accessdateaccess-date=15 May 15, 2011}}</ref> SheSince currently2016, livesGore inhas Losbeen Angelesmarried withto her husband,musician [[Damian Kulash]]. fromThey thehave rocktwo band [[OK Go]]children.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gunther|first=Erik|title=Exclusive: OK Go's Damian Kulash and Former VP's Kid Kristin Gore Buy|date=30 March 2016 |url=https://www.realtor.com/news/celebrity-real-estate/ok-go-damian-kulash-and-kristin-gore-purchase-los-angeles-home.amp/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Hilleary|first=Mike|date=June 1, 2020|title=OK Go's Damian Kulash Shares Hope after Contracting COVID|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/ok-go-damian-kulash-hope-after-covid-19/ok-gos-damian-kulash-shares-hope-after-contracting/|access-date=November 6, 2020}}</ref>
* 2007: [[Writers Guild of America Award]] – ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
 
== Works ==
''Nomination'':
* 2003: [[Emmy Award]] – ''Saturday Night Live''
 
==Bibliography==
* ''Sammy's Hill'' (2005)
* ''Sammy's House ''(2007)
* ''Sweet Jiminy'' (2011)
* ''[[The Beanie Bubble]]'' (2023)
 
== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070714024702/http://www.observer.com/2007/more-you-ever-wanted-know-about-kristin-gore-s-writing-process More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Kristin Gore's Writing Process]
 
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