Allegra Huston

Allegra Huston
Born	(1964-08-26) 26 August 1964 (age 61) London, England
Occupation	Author editor writer
Nationality	British American
Period	2009–present
Genre	Nonfiction
Notable works	Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found
Children	1
Parents	Enrica Soma (mother) John Huston (adoptive father) John Julius Cooper (biological father)
Relatives	Anjelica Huston (half-sister) Tony Huston (half-brother) Danny Huston (half-brother) Artemis Cooper (half-sister) Jack Huston (nephew)
Website
www.allegrahuston.com

Allegra Huston (born 26 August 1964) is a British-American author, editor, and writer based in Taos, New Mexico.

She is the author of Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found and the novel A Stolen Summer (Say My Name in hardback), How to Edit and Be Edited. She is also the screenwriter and producer of the short film Good Luck, Mr. Gorski. ^[1]

Biography

Huston was born on 26 August 1964 in London, England. Her mother was ballerina Enrica Soma, and her father was John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich. ^[2] When Huston was four, her mother died in a car crash in early 1969 and she subsequently moved to Ireland, where she was raised by her mother's estranged husband, film director John Huston. ^[2]

Personal

Huston is the mother of a son, Rafael. ^[3]

Published works

• Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found, published in April 2009 by Simon & Schuster (US) and Bloomsbury (UK). ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Say My Name: A Novel (London: HQ, July 2017; New York: MIRA, January 2018), republished in paperback as A STOLEN SUMMER (2019)
• Write What You Don't Know: 10 Steps to Writing with Confidence, Energy, and Flow (with James Navé) ^[7]
• Twice 5 Miles Guides: How to Edit and Be Edited and How to Read for an Audience (with James Navé) ^[8]

References

1. GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKI . Retrieved 8 May 2024– via vimeo.com.
2. Huston, Allegra (4 June 2011). "Secrets and Lies: Life as a Hollywood Love Child". The Independent. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
3. Allegra Huston. Allegra Huston. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
4. New Book Releases, Bestsellers, Author Info. & More at Simon & Schuster Archived 6 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine . Books.simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
5. Archived 29 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
6. Khan, Urmee. (5 April 2009) Allegra Huston speaks of the shock at discovering she was the love child of a Lord. The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
7. Write What You Don't Know: 10 Steps to Writing with Confidence, Energy, and Flow. Twice 5 Miles. 27 November 2022.
8. "How-to books offered by Huston and Navé". 13 November 2018.

External links

• Official website