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Michelle Dean

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Michelle Dean
BornCanada
Occupation
NationalityCanadian
EducationMcGill University
University of Toronto
Period2011-present
GenreNon-fiction
SubjectBiography, criticism
Website
michelledean.tumblr.com

Michelle Dean (born 1979) is an author and freelance journalist and critic from Canada.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

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Dean received a bachelor of arts degree in history from McGill University in 2002 and a law degree in 2005. She worked at White & Case from 2005 to 2010.[5] She received a master's degree in Law from the University of Toronto in 2011.

Career

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Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, The New York Times Magazine, Elle and Literary Review Canada. Her first book, Sharp: The Women Who Made an Art of Having an Opinion, was published by Grove Atlantic in 2018.[6]

She is also the co-creator and executive producer of the Hulu series The Act. The show was based on Dean's reporting.

Awards

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Dean was honored in 2016 with the National Book Critics Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.

Personal life

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She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Gay, Roxane (20 April 2018). "'Argument Can Actually Be Joyful': Women, Critics, and What It Means to Be Sharp". The Cut.
  2. ^ "Longform Podcast #290: Michelle Dean · Longform". Longform. April 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Tuttle, Kate (5 April 2018). "The women who wielded a pen like a weapon: Michelle Dean's 'Sharp'". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ Green, Elon (4 April 2018). "Reading Other People's Mail: Talking with Michelle Dean". The Rumpus.
  5. ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-dean-6272271a/ [self-published source]
  6. ^ "Sharp," Grove Atlantic. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. ^ Dean, Michelle. "Michelle Dean (@michelledean) / X". X. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
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