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Augusten Burroughs
Augusten Burroughs (born 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American writer, best known for his memoirs, Running With Scissors and Dry.
Burroughs was raised in western Massachusetts, by his mother's psychiatrist's unorthodox family. He dropped out of school after sixth grade, but obtained a GED at age 17. He went on to a lucrative career in advertising, and subsequently became a successful writer after leaving advertising.
He now lives in New York City and Amherst, Massachusetts. He has been published in the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Guardian, The London Times, and Out Magazine, and is a commentator for NPR's Morning Edition. In March 2003, he was named to Entertainment Weekly's 25 Funniest People in America list.
Books
- 2002 - Running with Scissors (ISBN 0312283709)
- 2003 - Sellevision (ISBN 0312422288)
- 2004 - Dry (ISBN 0312423799)
- 2004 - Magical Thinking (ISBN 0312315945)
External links
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