Sheila Kohler

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Sheila Kohler (born 13 November 1941) is a South African author now living in the United States and the author of ten novels (including Cracks which was adapted into a 2009 film of the same name), and three short story collections. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times , O Magazine and included in the Best American Short Stories . She has twice won the O. Henry Award. [1]

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Biography

Sheila Kohler was born 13 November 1941 in Johannesburg [2] and educated at St. Andrew's School for Girls, where she matriculated in 1958 and earned a distinction in History. [3] She then moved to Europe and spent 15 years in Paris, where she married and completed an undergraduate degree in literature at The Sorbonne (1973) and a graduate degree in psychology from Institut Catholique (1976). [1] [2] She moved to the United States in 1981 and obtained an MFA from Columbia University (1984). [2] From 1995 to 2000 she taught at The New School and between 2000 and 2006 at Bennington College. [2] She now teaches at Princeton University [1] and Columbia, [4] writes a blog for Psychology Today, [5] and lives in New York City and Amagansett, Long Island.[ citation needed ] She has three daughters: Sasha Troyan, herself a published novelist, [6] Cybele, and Brett [7] Sheila is married to Dr. William Tucker, a psychiatrist. [8]

Writing

As revealed in the authors website, the violent death of her sister thirty years ago in apartheid South Africa caused her to explore in her fiction the theme of "violence within intimate relationships, in particular, the abuse of power and privilege." She explains that "Since then I have published nine novels, three collections of short stories, and several others not yet collected, all of which focus in some way on this theme". [9] Her novel Open Secrets (2020) appeared in Vogue's list of the best novels of 2020, with Ian Malone writing, "The novel seduces and startles [...] as the suspense mounts, the scope of the novel is revealed: Russian liaisons, hidden dossiers, convenient suicides, and complicit children render a frightening—and thrilling—landscape." [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sheila Kohler | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kohlrer, Sheila 1941 - Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series | Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. ↑ St Andrews Old Girls | Old Girls Making Headlines. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Sheila Kohler | Columbia University School of the Arts. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Sheila Kohler | Psychology Today. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Susan Saiter, "Who's Here: East End Author Sheila Kohler", Dan's Papers, 4 December 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler, Author Acknowledgements.
  8. ↑ "Jani Allan with Sheila Kohler of Princeton, author of 'matchless SA memoir'", BizNews, 26 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Sheila Kohler - The official site for the author of Cracks, Crossways, and the Children of Pithiviers. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  10. ↑ Schama, Chloe (24 December 2020). "The Best Books of 2020 According to Vogue Editors". Vogue. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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