Devon Jersild

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Devon Jersild
Born (1958-08-25) August 25, 1958 (age 65)
Oak Park, Illinois
OccupationWriter, psychologist
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Dartmouth College
Fielding Graduate University
Spouse Jay Parini
Children3

Devon Jersild (born August 25, 1958) is a clinical psychologist, author and screenwriter.

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Biography

Devon Jersild was born August 25, 1958. She graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College, and was awarded a master's degree by the Bread Loaf School of English, and a doctorate in clinical psychology by Fielding Graduate University.

Jersild was president of The Vermont Association for Psychoanalytic Studies from 2019 to 2021. Prior to becoming a psychologist, Jersild was the associate director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Associate Editor of the New England Review , and a visiting Lecturer in English at Middlebury College. Her essays and stories have appeared in such publications as The New York Times , The Kenyon Review , USA Today , Redbook , and Glamour Magazine .

She won an O. Henry Award in 1991 for her short story "In Which John Imagines His Mind as a Pond." Andre Dubus III wrote in the Los Angeles Times : "Jersild's language is cool and spare, her details muted, a style that serves her heart-thumping main character well, taking him, and us, to an ending that unfolds itself naturally, with a deliberate and excusable echo of James Joyce's The Dead ." [1] She is the author of Happy Hours: Alcohol in a Woman’s Life (HarperCollins), and has lectured widely on the subject of alcohol, as well as appearing on television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Montel Williams Show . [2]

Jersild and her husband, writer Jay Parini (with whom she has three sons), adapted Parini's historical novel Benjamin's Crossing into a screenplay. [3]

Awards

1991, O. Henry Award

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References

  1. ↑ "O. Henry Awards: A Premium on Brevity : PRIZE STORIES 1990 The O. Henry Awards edited by William Abrahams (Doubleday; 0-385-26498-4)". Los Angeles Times. April 29, 1990. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ Women, Alcohol, and Drinking and Driving, Oprah.com. Accessed February 24, 2024.
  3. ↑ Nawotka, Ed (May 15, 2017). "'Colin Firth Treks To 'Benjamin's Crossing'; Fortitude Intl Will Launch At Cannes'".
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