Audrey Niffenegger

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Audrey Niffenegger

Born June 13, 1963 (1963-06-13) (age 45)
South Haven, Michigan, United States
Occupation Novelist, Artist
Nationality American
Writing period 2003-present
Genres Fiction
Influences
Official website

Audrey Niffenegger (born June 13, 1963 in South Haven, Michigan) is a writer and artist. She is also a professor in the Interdisciplinary Book Arts MFA Program at the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts. She is the founding member of T3 or Text 3, an artist and writer's group that also performs and exhibits in Chicago.

Niffenegger's debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife (2003), was a national bestseller. The Time Traveler's Wife is an unconventional love story that centers on a man with a strange genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably time-travel and his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent and unpredictable absences. The film version, starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, is due for release in 2008.

She has also written a graphic novel, or "novel in pictures" as Niffenegger calls it, called The Three Incestuous Sisters. This book tells the story of three unusual sisters who live in a seaside house. Because of the artwork and mood, the book has been compared to the work of Edward Gorey.

Another graphic novel, The Adventuress, was released in September 1, 2006. She is currently working on another novel called Her Fearful Symmetry.

Niffenegger is also a Faculty member at the North Shore Art League where she teaches the Intermediate & Advanced Printmaking Seminar. [1]



Contents

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Visual Books

  • The Spinster (1986)
  • Aberrant Abecedarium (1986)
  • The Murderer[2]
  • Spring[2]

[edit] Novels

[edit] Visual Novels

  • The Three Incestuous Sisters (2005)
  • The Adventuress (2006)

[edit] Short Stories

  • Jakob Wywialowski and the Angels (2004)
  • "Prudence: The Cautionary Tale of a Picky Eater" in the book Poisonous Plants at Table (2006)

[edit] References

  1. ^ NSAL : North Shore Art League
  2. ^ a b Audrey Niffenegger - biography, plus book reviews & excerpts

[edit] External links

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