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Claire Alexandra Styron, known as Alexandra Styron, [1] is an American author and professor.
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]
After a brief stint as an actress, Styron turned to writing and is the author of several books. Her most-noted work, 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]
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Claire Alexandra Styron, known as Alexandra Styron, [1] is an American author and professor.
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]
After a brief stint as an actress, Styron turned to writing and is the author of several books. Her most-noted work, 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]