Mary Norris (born February 7, 1952) is an American author, writer and copy editor for The New Yorker.
Mary Norris | |
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 Norris at the 2019 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | February 7, 1952 Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University University of Vermont |
| Occupation(s) | Copy editor, writer, author |
| Website | commaqueen |
Early life
editMary Norris was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Rutgers University in 1974 and earned a master's degree in English from the University of Vermont.[1]
Career
editNorris 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 The New Yorker website.[2][3]
Her first book, Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, was published by W. W. Norton & Co in 2015.[4][5] Norris was a finalist in the 2016 Thurber Prize for American Humor for Between You & Me.[6] She gave a TED talk at TED2016 on the same topic.[7][8] Her second book, Greek to Me – Adventures of a Comma Queen (2019), explores her relation to foreign languages, particularly to classical Greek.[9]
References
edit- ^ Norris, Mary (February 16, 2015). "Holy Writ". The New Yorker.
- ^ Lyall, Sarah (March 31, 2015). "Mary Norris Muses on a Lifetime of Literary Vigilance in 'Between You & Me'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
- ^ Borrelli, Christopher (April 3, 2015). "New Yorker editor makes her mark with new book". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Between You & Me". wwnorton.com. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
- ^ McAlpin, Heller (April 8, 2015). "Memoir, Perfectly Punctuated In 'Between You & Me'". NPR. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ "Past Thurber Prize Winners and Finalists". Thurber House. Archived from the original on October 18, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
- ^ "Mary Norris: The nit-picking glory of The New Yorker's comma queen". TED. February 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ Yin, Maryann (April 20, 2016). "Mary Norris Gives a TED Talk on Her Career as a Copy Editor". Galley Cat. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
- ^ Abbe, Elfrieda (March 29, 2019). "Review: 'Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen,' by Mary Norris". Star Tribune.