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Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

Alex Marzano-Lesnevich

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Alex Marzano-Lesnevich is an American author and former lawyer.[1]

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Biography

Marzano-Lesnevich received their B.A. from Columbia University, M.F.A. from Emerson College, and J.D. from Harvard Law School.[2][3][4] They were a three-time MacDowell fellow[5] and 2023 United States Artists fellow.[6]

Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, which received the 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography,[7] the 2018 Chautauqua Prize, the 2019 Grand prix des lectrices de Elle in nonfiction, and was optioned by HBO to develop into a limited series.[8][9] The book recounts the story of Marzano-Lesnevich being assigned to defend a pedophile and child murderer in Louisiana who killed and likely molested a six-year-old boy in 1992, and had their faith against the death penalty shaken after watching the man's videotaped confession.[8][10]

Marzano-Lesnevich is currently Assistant Professor and Rogers Communications Chair in Creative Non-Fiction at the University of British Columbia;[11][12] they were previously an Assistant Professor of English at Bowdoin College.[13][2][14] They write extensively about transgender issues.[15][16]

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    White, Peter (2021-01-26). "HBO Developing Adaptation Of Alex Marzano-Lesnevich's Memoir 'The Fact Of A Body' With Jeremiah Zagar & Melissa Bernstein". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
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    Goldberg, Lesley (2021-01-26). "'The Fact of a Body' TV Series in the Works at HBO". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
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    Leun, Justine van der (2017-07-21). "At a Law Firm that Defended a Child Murderer, an Intern Recalls Her Own Childhood Abuse". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
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    "English Professor Alex Marzano-Lesnevich Honored by Maine Arts Commission". News. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
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    Marzano-Lesnevich, Alex (2021-04-02). "Opinion | How Do I Define My Gender if No One Is Watching Me?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
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    Marzano-Lesnevich, Alex (2019-04-17). "Opinion | Flying While Trans". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
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