Elizabeth Winder (born September 1980) is an American author and poet.
Education
editWinder grew up in the Queens Lake neighborhood of York County, Virginia.[1] She graduated from Bruton High School and the College of William and Mary and earned an MFA from George Mason University.[1][2]
Career
editWinder has published a collection of poetry.[2] Her first novel, Pain, Parties and Work (2013) is a biography of Sylvia Plath. She relies on interviews with Plath's Mademoiselle colleagues to "paint a rather different image of Plath from the one most readers are familiar with".[3] The book is structured more like a magazine, with sidebars describing products and fashion from the time period, as well as excerpts from Plath's journals.[4]
Winder's 2017 book Marilyn in Manhattan[5] focused on 1955, with Newsday calling it "an approach that falls squarely within the popular subgenre of micro-biography".[6] The New York Times review said "rarely has a book about Marilyn Monroe been more maddening"[7] and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch review said the book's market might be "slender" and critiqued Winder's confusing use of first names only,[8] while Publishers Weekly called it a "captivating look" at Monroe's escape from Los Angeles.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Williams, Jennifer L. (July 25, 2013). "New book examines New York summer for in-depth look at Sylvia Plath". Daily Press. Archived from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ a b "Elizabeth Winder". harpercollins.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ Parks, Cara (April 2013). "Pain, Parties and Work". Slate. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ Gersen, Hannah (April 16, 2013). "When Sylvia Was A Millie: An Interview With Elizabeth Winder". The Millions. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ Winder, Elizabeth (March 9, 2017). "Marilyn Monroe style makover". Vogue. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (March 9, 2017). "Marilyn in Manhattan". Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ Malsin, Janet (March 13, 2017). "When Marilyn Took Manhattan". The New York Times. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- ^ Levins, Harry (March 18, 2017). "Marilyn Monroe found New York restorative". stltoday.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ "Book Review". publishersweekly.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.