Claire Alexandra Styron, known as Alexandra Styron,1 is an American author and professor.
Early life and education
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.34 Styron attended Barnard College, and later the MFA Creative Writing program at Columbia University.5
She is the godmother to Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg's son Jack Schlossberg.
Career
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
- 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
References
- "WEDDINGS; Alexandra Styron, Edward Beason". Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- "Reading My Father". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- results, search (2012-03-06). Reading My Father: A Memoir (Reprint ed.). New York: Scribner. ISBN 9781416591818.
- Garner, Dwight. "Alexandra Styron's Memoir, 'Reading My Father' - Review". Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- "WEDDINGS; Alexandra Styron, Edward Beason". Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- "'Reading My Father:' Growing Up With William Styron". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- Campbell, James. "Book Review - Reading My Father - By Alexandra Styron". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- "Los Angeles Times | Festival of Books". Festival of Books. Archived from the original on 2016-01-16. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- "Creative Writing MFA Faculty". www.hunter.cuny.edu. Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- results, search (2002-06-04). All the Finest Girls: A Novel. Boston: Back Bay Books. ISBN 9780316120869.
- results, search (2012-03-06). Reading My Father: A Memoir (Reprint ed.). New York: Scribner. ISBN 9781416591818.
- results, search (2018-09-04). Steal This Country: A Handbook for Resistance, Persistence, and Fixing Almost Everything. Viking Books for Young Readers. ISBN 9780451479372.
