Alice Sebold was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1963. She grew up in Suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from Syracuse University in 1984. She also attended graduate school at the university of Houston and ultimately earned a Masters in fine arts degree from the university of California – Irvine in creative writing.
Her first novel was published in 1997. Lucky is a memoir of her own rape while she was a freshman at Syracuse University and the effect the trauma of that rape and ensuring trail had had on her. The title relates to a comment made by a police officer that had told Ms. Sebold that she was “Lucky” as the previous rape victim in her area had been murdered and dismembered. Lucky brought recognition from many organizations that support and represent victims of violence and sexual crimes.
In 2002 her second book “The Lovely Bones” became a number one best seller and immediately planned to be presented as a motion picture under director Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) for 2007.
Sebold married a novelist Glen David Gold in 2001, the two met while they were in the prestigious MFA fiction-writing program at UC, Irvine. She now lives in California
Author Autobiography:
Alice Sebold was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1963. She grew up in Suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from Syracuse University in 1984. She also attended graduate school at the university of Houston and ultimately earned a Masters in fine arts degree from the university of California – Irvine in creative writing.
Her first novel was published in 1997. Lucky is a memoir of her own rape while she was a freshman at Syracuse University and the effect the trauma of that rape and ensuring trail had had on her. The title relates to a comment made by a police officer that had told Ms. Sebold that she was “Lucky” as the previous rape victim in her area had been murdered and dismembered. Lucky brought recognition from many organizations that support and represent victims of violence and sexual crimes.
In 2002 her second book “The Lovely Bones” became a number one best seller and immediately planned to be presented as a motion picture under director Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) for 2007.
Sebold married a novelist Glen David Gold in 2001, the two met while they were in the prestigious MFA fiction-writing program at UC, Irvine. She now lives in California