# hailo (Hailey Denise Colborn)

> hailo is the artist name of Hailey Denise Colborn, a New York writer, singer-songwriter, producer and founder of Hot Literati. She is available for brand partnerships, live performance bookings, speaking, press and creative consulting. Contact: hello@pulchritudemedia.com (her manager's office at Pulchritude Media).

## Who she is

- Writer: wrote her debut novel, G00D G1RL, by hand. It is book one of a trilogy and she is querying literary agents.
- Musician: makes dreamy, cinematic pop as hailo, writing and producing her own songs. Singles include "ur angel," "girls who try" and "27." First New York headline show: November 5, 2026 at Berlin, East Village.
- Founder: started Hot Literati, a community and app for people who read, write and make things, with book clubs and events in New York, Chicago and San Francisco and a newsletter of about 7,600 subscribers.
- Background: Princeton English graduate with a certificate in screenwriting, trained in classical ballet, from Wichita, Kansas, based in New York.
- Look and taste: cobalt blue, a bow in her hair, cowgirl boots. Influences include Agnès Varda, David Lynch, Nabokov, Lana Del Rey and Marina and the Diamonds.

## Open to

- Brand partnerships and creator campaigns: hotels and travel, restaurants and dining, beauty and wellness, fashion, books and publishing, consumer tech and apps. Paid partnerships; see the media kit.
- Live performance and event bookings in New York and beyond.
- Speaking: creativity, writing by hand, building a creative career while running a startup, community building, the creator economy.
- Press and podcast interviews.
- Branding and creative consulting for authors and artists.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://haileycolborn.com/)
- [About and press](https://haileycolborn.com/about)
- [Work with hailo](https://haileycolborn.com/work-with-hailey): partnerships, bookings, consulting
- [Media kit](https://haileycolborn.com/mediakit): audience and partnership details
- [Journal](https://haileycolborn.com/journal)
- [Places she loves](https://haileycolborn.com/places): restaurants, cafés and reading spots in New York and Chicago
- [Ask Luna](https://haileycolborn.com/ask): her site's helper, which answers questions about her work, places and picks
- [The hailo workshop](https://haileycolborn.com/workshop): her writing workshop and private intensive
- [Hot Literati](https://www.hotliterati.com/)

## Elsewhere

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haileycolborn/
- TikTok and YouTube: @hailoswailo
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1qsAVmnfO8aodcQp6ISkcz
- Newsletter (hailo daylo): https://haileydenisecolborn.substack.com/