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Claire Alexandra Styron, known as Alexandra Styron,[1] is an American author and professor.

Styron at a book reading in New Orleans, 2012

Early life and education

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Styron is the youngest child of author William Styron and poet and human rights activist Rose Burgunder.[2] She grew up in Roxbury, Connecticut, and in Martha's Vineyard.[3][4] Styron attended Barnard College, and later the MFA Creative Writing program at Columbia University.[5]

Career

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After a brief stint as an actress, Styron turned to writing and is the author of several books. Her most-noted work, the 2011 memoir Reading My Father, detailed her life growing up with the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and explored his decades-long struggle with major clinical depression. The book was published by Scribner to strong reviews.[6] In The New York Times Book Review, James Campbell described the book as “brilliant and shocking.”[7] Reading My Father was nominated for the L.A. Times book award and long-listed for The New York Times bestseller list.[8]

Styron is a professor in the MFA Creative Writing program at Hunter College in New York City.[9]

Selected works

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  • All The Finest Girls (2001),[10] a novel;
  • Reading My Father (2011),[11] a memoir about her father, author William Styron;
  • Steal This Country: A Handbook for Resistance, Persistence, and Fixing (Almost) Everything (2018),[12] a young adult guide to activism.

References

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  1. ^ "WEDDINGS; Alexandra Styron, Edward Beason". Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  2. ^ "Reading My Father". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  3. ^ results, search (2012-03-06). Reading My Father: A Memoir (Reprint ed.). New York: Scribner. ISBN 9781416591818.
  4. ^ Garner, Dwight. "Alexandra Styron's Memoir, 'Reading My Father' - Review". Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  5. ^ "WEDDINGS; Alexandra Styron, Edward Beason". Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  6. ^ "'Reading My Father:' Growing Up With William Styron". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  7. ^ Campbell, James. "Book Review - Reading My Father - By Alexandra Styron". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  8. ^ "Los Angeles Times | Festival of Books". Festival of Books. Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  9. ^ "Creative Writing MFA Faculty". www.hunter.cuny.edu. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  10. ^ results, search (2002-06-04). All the Finest Girls: A Novel. Boston: Back Bay Books. ISBN 9780316120869.
  11. ^ results, search (2012-03-06). Reading My Father: A Memoir (Reprint ed.). New York: Scribner. ISBN 9781416591818.
  12. ^ results, search (2018-09-04). Steal This Country: A Handbook for Resistance, Persistence, and Fixing Almost Everything. Viking Books for Young Readers. ISBN 9780451479372.
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