Sylvia Brownrigg

Sylvia Brownrigg
Born	Sylvia Alderyn Brownrigg (1964-12-16) December 16, 1964 (age 60) Mountain View, California, U.S.
Occupation	Author
Nationality	American
Education	Yale University Johns Hopkins University (MA)
Genre	Fiction
Notable awards	Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (2002)
Spouse	Sedge Thomson (separated)
Children	2
Website
sylviabrownrigg.com

Sylvia Alderyn Brownrigg (born December 16, 1964) is an American author. She is the author of seven books of fiction and a family memoir. Brownrigg's books have been on The New York Times notable fiction lists and Los Angeles Times and Kirkus books of the year. Her children's book, Kepler's Dream, published under the name Juliet Bell, was turned into an independent film in 2017. She won a Lambda Literary Award in 2002 for Pages for You and published the sequel to that book in 2017. Brownrigg's reviews and criticism have appeared in a wide range of publications, including The New York Times Book Review , The Times Literary Supplement , The Guardian , New Statesman , Los Angeles Times , and The Believer.

Life

Brownrigg was born in Mountain View, California. She grew up in Los Altos, California, and Oxford, England. After graduating magna cum laude at Yale University, Brownrigg earned a Master of Arts degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University. From 1993 until 2000, she lived in London.

Brownrigg is separated from radio show host Sedge Thomson, and now lives in Berkeley, California, with their son and daughter.

Bibliography

• The Metaphysical Touch. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 1999. ISBN   0-374-19965-5.
• Ten Women Who Shook the World. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 2000. ISBN   0-374-27289-1.
• Pages for You. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 2002. ISBN   0-374-22859-0.

• Geschrieben für Dich. Berlin: Verlag Krug & Schadenberg. 2005. ISBN   978-3-930041-45-9.

• The Delivery Room. London: Picador. 2006. ISBN   0-330-44242-2.
• Morality Tale. Berkeley: Publishers Group West. 2008. ISBN   978-1-58243-404-9.
• The Then Wives. Picador. 2008. ISBN   978-0-330-46098-9.
• Kepler's Dream . New York City: Penguin Group. 2012. ISBN   978-0-14-242648-7.
• Pages for Her. Berkeley: Counterpoint. 2017. ISBN   978-1-61902-933-0. ^{[1] [2]}
• The Whole Staggering Mystery. San Francisco: Catapult. 2024-04-23. ISBN   978-1-64009-657-8. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Davies, Stevie (2017-06-22). "Pages for Her by Sylvia Brownrigg review – lesbian love rekindled". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-05-15.
2. Frank, Joan. "'Pages for Her,' by Sylvia Brownrigg". SFGATE. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
3. Brockes, Emma (2024-04-23). "Her Father Was a Hippie Dropout. He Was Also an Aristocrat (Sort Of)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-05-15.
4. Kate Tuttle (May 1, 2024). "Sylvia Brownrigg rescues her father's side of the family from oblivion in 'The Whole Staggering Mystery'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2024-05-15.

Sources

• "California Births, 1905 - 1995" (Online Database). Family Tree Legends Records Collection. Pearl Street Software. 2002–2005. Retrieved May 8, 2010.
• Brownrigg, Sylvia (2009). "Biography". Sylvia Brownrigg.com. Retrieved May 8, 2010.

External links

• Sylvia Brownrigg (official website)
• Hogan, Ron (1999). "Sylvia Brownrigg" (interview). Beatrice Interview.