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Ellis Avery
Ellis Avery (born Elisabeth Atwood; October 25, 1972 – February 15, 2019) was an American writer. She won two Stonewall Book Awards (the only author to have done so), one in 2008 for her debut novel ''The Teahouse Fire'' and one in 2013 for her second novel ''The Last Nude''. ''The Teahouse Fire'' also won a Lambda Literary Award for Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction, Lesbian Debut Fiction and an Ohioana Library Fiction Award in 2007. She self-published her memoir, ''The Family Tooth'', in 2015. Her final book, ''Tree of Cats'', was independently published posthumously. Early life Avery was raised in Columbus, Ohio, and Princeton, New Jersey. Born Elisabeth Atwood, she legally changed her name to Ellis Avery when she was 18. Education and career As Elisabeth Atwood, Avery attended Columbus School for Girls in Columbus, Ohio, and Princeton Day School in Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, from which she graduated a year early, in 1989. While at Princeton Day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Marcus
Sharon Marcus (born 1966) is an American academic. She is the Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She specializes in nineteenth-century British and French literature and culture, and teaches courses on the 19th-century novel in England and France, particularly in relation to the history of urbanism and architecture; gender and sexuality studies; narrative theory; and 19th-century theater and performance. Marcus has received Fulbright, Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to serve as president during the Prog ..., Guggenheim Fellowship, and American Council of Learned Societies, ACLS fellowships, and a Gerry Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award at Columbia. Early life and education Marcus was born in 1966 in New York City. She received her B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |