Michelle Dean
Michelle Dean | |
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Born | Canada |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Education | McGill University University of Toronto |
Period | 2011-present |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Subject | Biography, criticism |
Website | |
michelledean |
Michelle Dean (born 1979) is an author and freelance journalist and critic from Canada.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and education
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Dean was honored in 2016 with the National Book Critics Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing.
Personal life
[edit]She currently lives and works in Los Angeles.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Gay, Roxane (20 April 2018). "'Argument Can Actually Be Joyful': Women, Critics, and What It Means to Be Sharp". The Cut.
- ^ "Longform Podcast #290: Michelle Dean · Longform". Longform. April 18, 2018.
- ^ Tuttle, Kate (5 April 2018). "The women who wielded a pen like a weapon: Michelle Dean's 'Sharp'". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Green, Elon (4 April 2018). "Reading Other People's Mail: Talking with Michelle Dean". The Rumpus.
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-dean-6272271a/ [self-published source]
- ^ "Sharp," Grove Atlantic. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Dean, Michelle. "Michelle Dean (@michelledean) / X". X. Retrieved December 28, 2023.