Camille DeAngelis (born November 14, 1980) is an American novelist and

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. Her novel about teenage

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s, '' Bones & All'', won an

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in 2016. The story line deals with issues such as

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, loneliness and self-loathing, and the moral problem of flesh eating. A

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was released in 2022.

Biography

DeAngelis is originally from New Jersey and attended

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, graduating in 2002 with a B.A. in Fine Arts. She went on to attend the

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, graduating in 2005 with an M.A. in writing. DeAngelis published a

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/memoir entitled ''Life Without Envy: Ego Management for Creative People'' in September 2016,DeAngelis, Camille. ''Life Without Envy: Ego Management for Creative People''. New York : St. Martins Griffin, 2016. and two travel books ''Moon Dublin'' and ''Moon Ireland''. Her other fictional works include: ''Mary Modern'' (2007), ''Petty Magic'' (2010), ''Immaculate Hear''t (2016) and ''The Boy from Tomorrow'' (2018). DeAngelis lives in Washington, D.C. and is a board member of the Writers' Room of Boston where she previously lived.

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