Beverly Donofrio

Beverly Donofrio (born c.1950) is an author most noted for writing Riding in Cars with Boys, her autobiography. The book was made into a movie with the same title and starred Drew Barrymore as Donofrio. She also is a prolific essayist, having published work in numerous anthologies, in the New York Times, Washington Post Sunday Magazine, The Village Voice, and in such magazines as Allure, Cosmopolitan, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Marie Claire.

Her second memoir, Looking for Mary, or the Blessed Mother and Me, is about the Virgin Mary, faith and her own life as a mother. Her first children's book was released by Random House in 2007.

Donofrio's father is of Sicilian descent and her mother is an Italian-American. She lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she founded and currently directs the San Miguel Workshops.

Donofrio studied literature at Wesleyan University and obtained a Master of Fine Arts from Columbia University. She has taught writing at New York University and the University of Wyoming, among other institutions.

Related links

• San Miguel Workshops
• Beverly Donofrio Website
• Essay in The Face in the Mirror: Writers Reflect on Their Dreams of Youth and the Reality of Age ISBN 978-1-59102-752-2