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Corban Addison | |
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| Born | Carlsbad, California, U.S. [1] |
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Corban Addison is an American author. He holds degrees in law and mechanical engineering from the University of Virginia School of Law and California Polytechnic State University. [1] [2] He has published both fiction and non-fiction. [3]
Addison is a native of Carlsbad, California. He majored in engineering at California Polytechnic State University before attending the University of Virginia School of Law, graduating in 2004. [4]
Addison clerked for U.S. Magistrate Judge B. Waugh Crigler before joining Charlottesville-based law firm Scott Kroner. [4]
In April 2023, Addison’s Book Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial was awarded the 2023 Reed Environmental Writing Award by the Southern Environmental Law Center. [5]
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