Alex Marzano-Lesnevich | |
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Education |
Columbia University (BA) Emerson College (MFA) Harvard Law School (JD) |
Occupation(s) | Writer, professor |
Awards |
Grand prix des lectrices de Elle (2019) Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography (2018) Chautauqua Prize (2018) |
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich is an American author and former lawyer. [1]
Marzano-Lesnevich received their B.A. from Columbia University, M.F.A. from Emerson College, and J.D. from Harvard Law School. [2] [3] [4] They were a three-time MacDowell fellow [5] and 2023 United States Artists fellow. [6]
Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, which received the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography, [7] the 2018 Chautauqua Prize, the 2019 Grand prix des lectrices de Elle in nonfiction, and was optioned by HBO to develop into a limited series. [8] [9] The book recounts the story of Marzano-Lesnevich being assigned to defend a pedophile and child murderer in Louisiana who killed and likely molested a six-year-old boy in 1992, and had their faith against the death penalty shaken after watching the man's videotaped confession. [8] [10]
Marzano-Lesnevich is currently Assistant Professor and Rogers Communications Chair in Creative Non-Fiction at the University of British Columbia; [11] [12] they were previously an Assistant Professor of English at Bowdoin College. [13] [2] [14] They write extensively about transgender issues. [15] [16]
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich | |
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Education |
Columbia University (BA) Emerson College (MFA) Harvard Law School (JD) |
Occupation(s) | Writer, professor |
Awards |
Grand prix des lectrices de Elle (2019) Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography (2018) Chautauqua Prize (2018) |
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich is an American author and former lawyer. [1]
Marzano-Lesnevich received their B.A. from Columbia University, M.F.A. from Emerson College, and J.D. from Harvard Law School. [2] [3] [4] They were a three-time MacDowell fellow [5] and 2023 United States Artists fellow. [6]
Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, which received the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography, [7] the 2018 Chautauqua Prize, the 2019 Grand prix des lectrices de Elle in nonfiction, and was optioned by HBO to develop into a limited series. [8] [9] The book recounts the story of Marzano-Lesnevich being assigned to defend a pedophile and child murderer in Louisiana who killed and likely molested a six-year-old boy in 1992, and had their faith against the death penalty shaken after watching the man's videotaped confession. [8] [10]
Marzano-Lesnevich is currently Assistant Professor and Rogers Communications Chair in Creative Non-Fiction at the University of British Columbia; [11] [12] they were previously an Assistant Professor of English at Bowdoin College. [13] [2] [14] They write extensively about transgender issues. [15] [16]