Andrea Lee (author)

Andrea Lee (born 1953)[1] is an American author of novels and memoirs. Her stories are often international in setting and deal with questions of racial and national identity.[2]

Early life

The youngest of three children born to a father who was a Baptist minister and a mother who was an elementary school teacher, Andrea Lee grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] After receiving a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in English from Harvard University's Radcliffe College,[1] she lived in Russia for a year (1978–79) with her former husband, recording her observations in a diary that formed the basis for her first book Russian Journal (1981), which was nominated for a National Book Award.[3] Her first novel, Sarah Phillips, was published in 1984.

Career

Returning to the United States, Lee was for several years a staff writer on The New Yorker,[1] where she is now a contract writer. She has also been published in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, Vogue, Time, The Oxford American, and the textbook Elements of Literature. Her short stories have also been anthologized, including "Winter Barley" in The Best American Short Stories 1993, "Brothers and Sisters Around the World" in The Best American Short Stories 2001 and "Anthropology" in The New Granta Book of the American Short Story (2007, edited by Richard Ford).

Personal life

Lee currently lives in Torino, Italy, with her husband and two children.

Selected works

  • Russian Journal, 1981 (nominated for a National Book Award for Nonfiction)[4]
  • Sarah Phillips (novel), 1984
  • Interesting Women: Stories, 2002
  • Lost Hearts in Italy: A Novel, 2006
  • "Anthropology" (short story), 2002

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Robert Fikes, "Lee, Andrea (1953– )", BlackPast,org.
  2. ↑ The Curiosity of Sisters
  3. ↑ Margaret Busby (ed.), "Andrea Lee", Daughters of Africa, Jonathan Cape, 1992, p. 851.
  4. ↑ Milena Vercellino, "Andrea Lee". Interview in The American Magazine, November 11, 2006.
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