Mary Norris (copy editor)

Mary Norris (born February 7, 1952) is an American author and a copy editor for The New Yorker.

Early life

Mary Norris was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Rutgers University in 1974. She earned a masters in English from the University of Vermont.[1]

Career

Norris joined the editorial staff at The New Yorker in 1978. She has been a query proofreader at the magazine since 1993. She has also been a contributor to "The Talk of the Town" and newyorker.com.[2][3][4]

Her first book, Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen was published by W. W. Norton & Co on April 6, 2015.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Mary Norris (23 February 2015). "Confessions of a Comma Queen - The New Yorker". The New Yorker.
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/books/mary-norris-muses-on-a-lifetime-of-literary-vigilance-in-between-you-me.html?_r=0
  3. ↑ Chicago Tribune (3 April 2015). "New Yorker copy editor Marry Norris has written a language usage guide - Chicago Tribune". chicagotribune.com.
  4. ↑ "Mary Norris - The New Yorker". The New Yorker. 23 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Between You & Me". wwnorton.com.
  6. ↑ http://www.npr.org/2015/04/08/397823382/memoir-perfectly-punctuated-in-between-you-me

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