Stacy Schiff
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Stacy Madeleine Schiff (born October 26, 1961[1]) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American nonfiction author and guest columnist for The New York Times.
[edit] Biography
Schiff is a graduate of Phillips Academy preparatory school, and earned her B.A. degree from Williams College in 1982. She was a Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster until 1990. Her essays and articles have been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review and The Times Literary Supplement.
Schiff has received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.[2]
Schiff won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for her biography of Vera Nabokov, wife and muse of Lolita and Pale Fire author Vladimir Nabokov. She was also a finalist for the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Saint-Exupéry: A Biography about Antoine de Saint Exupéry.
Currently a guest columnist at The New York Times, Schiff resides in New York City and Edmonton, Alberta.
[edit] Notable articles
Schiff wrote a New Yorker profile of Wikipedia ("Know It All" column, July 31, 2006)[3], the correction of which in February, 2007 sparked the Essjay controversy.[4]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Books
- Schiff, Stacy (1994). Saint-Exupéry: A Biography. New York: A.A. Knopf. ISBN 0-679-40310-8.
- (Nominated for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize)
- Schiff, Stacy (1999). Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov). Pan Books Ltd. ISBN 0-330-37674-8.
- (Winner of 2000 Pulitzer Prize)
- Schiff, Stacy (2005). A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-6633-0.
- (Winner of the George Washington Book Prize in 2006)
- (Published in the UK as Schiff, Stacy. Dr Franklin Goes to France. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. ISBN 0-7475-6923-1.)
- Schiff, Stacy (2009). Cleopatra. (In preparation)
[edit] Selected essays and articles
- "Desperately Seeking Susan." New York Times, October 13, 2006.
- Schiff, Stacy. "Founding Chauvinist Pig?", New York Times, 2007-10-14. Retrieved on 2007-10-24.
- (Review of Jon Kukla (2007-10-09). Mr. Jefferson's Women. Knopf. ISBN 1400043247.)
[edit] References
- ^ Barnes&Noble Meet the Writers: Stacy Schiff.
- ^ ALOUD: Lectures, Readings, Performances, & Discussions (Los Angeles Central Library).
- ^ Schiff, Stacy (July 24, 2006). Can Wikipedia conquer expertise?. Know It All. The New Yorker. Retrieved on 2007-03-06.
- ^ Andrew Wolfson. "Wikipedia editor who posed as professor is Ky. dropout: Man resigns post after controversy", Louisville Courier-Journal, March 6, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
[edit] External links
- "An Interview with Stacy Schiff" by Suellen Stringer-Hye, published in April 1999 by Random House.
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Schiff, Stacy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schiff, Stacy Madeleine |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American Female Author, Pulitzer Prize winner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Adams, Massachusetts |
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