Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
American author and former lawyer
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Alex Marzano-Lesnevich is an American author and former lawyer.[1]
Emerson College (MFA)
Harvard Law School (JD)
Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography (2018)
Chautauqua Prize (2018)
Alex Marzano-Lesnevich | |
|---|---|
| Education | Columbia University (BA) Emerson College (MFA) Harvard Law School (JD) |
| Occupations | Writer, professor |
| Awards | Grand prix des lectrices de Elle (2019) Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography (2018) Chautauqua Prize (2018) |
Biography
Marzano-Lesnevich received their B.A. from Columbia University, M.F.A. from Emerson College, and J.D. from Harvard Law School.[2][3][4] They were a three-time MacDowell fellow[5] and 2023 United States Artists fellow.[6]
Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, which received the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography,[7] the 2018 Chautauqua Prize, the 2019 Grand prix des lectrices de Elle in nonfiction, and was optioned by HBO to develop into a limited series.[8][9] The book recounts the story of Marzano-Lesnevich being assigned to defend a pedophile and child murderer in Louisiana who killed and likely molested a six-year-old boy in 1992, and had their faith against the death penalty shaken after watching the man's videotaped confession.[8][10]
Marzano-Lesnevich is currently Assistant Professor and Rogers Communications Chair in Creative Non-Fiction at the University of British Columbia;[11][12] they were previously an Assistant Professor of English at Bowdoin College.[13][2][14] They write extensively about transgender issues.[15][16]