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{{Short description|American essayist, memoirist, film director, and screenwriter}}
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'''Sonya Lea''' (born January 12, 1960) is an American essayist, memoirist, film director, and screenwriter, based in [[Seattle]].
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== Career ==
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Lea has written pieces for media outlets such as ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'' and ''[[The Southern Review]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/07/25/425655861/in-wondering-who-you-are-a-man-wakes-up-and-doesnt-know-his-wife|title=In 'Wondering Who You Are,' A Man Wakes Up And Doesn't Know His Wife|author=N. P. R. Staff|website=NPR.org|access-date=2016-04-23}}</ref> In 2015, Lea published ''Wondering Who You Are'' through [[Tin House]]. The work is a memoir about her experiences with her husband losing his memory of their life together.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sonya-lea/wondering-who-you-are/|title=WONDERING WHO YOU ARE by Sonya Lea (review)|website=Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us|accessdate=2015-10-14}}</ref> The book received positive reviews from media outlets such as ''[[Booklist]], [[Oprah.com]],'' and the ''[[Chicago Tribune]].''<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Wondering-Who-You-Are-Sonya-Lea/pid=7395377|title=Wondering Who You Are, by Sonya Lea (review)|publisher=Booklist}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/book/Memoirs-Wondering-Who-You-Are?editors_pick_id=59177|title=4 Memoirs So Compelling, They Read Like Novels|work=Oprah.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-prj-wondering-who-you-are-sonya-lea-20150716-story.html#|title=Review 'Wondering Who You Are' by Sonya Lea|last=Kephart|first=Beth|date=July 16, 2015|website=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=2015-10-14}}</ref>


In 2014, Lea released ''Every Beautiful Thing'', a short film that starred [[Lauren Weedman]]. Lea was a finalist for the Emerging Director Award at the Post Alley Film Festival and the movie's score, which was done by [[Trey Gunn]], won an award for best score at the [[Moondance International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://moondancefilmfestival.com/2015-film-and-film-score-competition-results/|title=2015 Competition Results – Films and Film Scores|website=Moondance International Film Festival|access-date=2016-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://womeninfilmseattle.org/movie-talk.htm|title=Movie Talk|website=Women in Film Seattle|access-date=2016-04-23}}</ref>
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She also works as a teacher at the [[Hugo House]] and is active with the [[Red Badge Project]], where she teaches writing to female service members and veterans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.urchicago.com/interviews/2015/9/2/sonya-lea.html|title=Sonya Lea - INTERVIEWS - UR Chicago|last=DeCanniere|first=Andrew|website=UR Chicago|accessdate=2015-10-14}}</ref>
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== Personal life ==
'''Sonya Lea''' (born January 12, 1960) is an American essayist, memoirist, film director, and screenwriter, based in Seattle.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Botched cancer surgery turned my husband into a stranger|url = http://nypost.com/2015/07/12/botched-cancer-surgery-turned-my-husband-into-a-stranger/|website = New York Post|date = 2015-07-12|accessdate = 2015-10-14|first = Susannah|last = Cahalan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = ‘My husband lost his memory after botched cancer surgery'|url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3162275/My-husband-lost-memory-botched-cancer-surgery-like-having-sex-virgin-Wife-writes-emotional-memoir-rebuilding-lives.html|website = Mail Online|publisher = https://plus.google.com/101913233771349778690/|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Seattle Writer Shares New Memoir About Husband's Memory Loss|url = http://www.seattlemag.com/article/seattle-writer-shares-new-memoir-about-husbands-memory-loss|website = Seattle Magazine|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref>
Lea is married to Richard Bandy. The two met at a high school dance while they were both in their teens and they married years later.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} In 2000 Bandy developed [[pseudomyxoma peritonei]], a form of cancer that caused tumors to form in his abdomen. He underwent multiple surgeries, the last of which in 2003 resulted in [[internal bleeding]]. The bleeding was extensive enough that it caused brain damage, resulting in Bandy losing most of his memories of the last twenty years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Seattle Writer Shares New Memoir About Husband's Memory Loss|url = http://www.seattlemag.com/article/seattle-writer-shares-new-memoir-about-husbands-memory-loss|website = Seattle Magazine|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref> Bandy was able to remember some basic details like his wife's name, but could not remember details about his current life such as his job, children, or his marriage.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Review: 'Wondering Who You Are,' by Sonya Lea; husband loses memory after cancer surgery|url = http://www.startribune.com/review-wondering-who-you-are-by-sonya-lea-husband-loses-memory-after-cancer-surgery/316147731/|website = Star Tribune|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref> He also experienced changes to his personality and handwriting.<ref name=":0" />


==Career==
== References ==
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Lea has written [http://www.amazon.com/Wondering-Who-You-Are-Memoir/dp/1941040071/ Wondering Who You Are]<ref>{{Cite web|title = "Wondering Who You Are" by Sonya Lea - PMPRF Book Review {{!}} PMP Research Foundation|url = http://www.pmpcure.org/blog/wondering-who-you-are-book-review|website = www.pmpcure.org|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Review: 'Wondering Who You Are,' by Sonya Lea; husband loses memory after cancer surgery|url = http://www.startribune.com/review-wondering-who-you-are-by-sonya-lea-husband-loses-memory-after-cancer-surgery/316147731/|website = Star Tribune|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Elliott Bay Book Company Issue for Tuesday, July 28, 2015 {{!}} Elliott Bay Book Company|url = http://elliottbaybook.shelf-awareness.com/?issue=386#m6416|website = elliottbaybook.shelf-awareness.com|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Review 'Wondering Who You Are' by Sonya Lea|url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-prj-wondering-who-you-are-sonya-lea-20150716-story.html#|website = chicagotribune.com|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = WONDERING WHO YOU ARE by Sonya Lea {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|url = https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sonya-lea/wondering-who-you-are/|website = Kirkus Reviews|accessdate = 2015-10-14|language = en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = In 'Wondering Who You Are,' A Man Wakes Up And Doesn't Know His Wife|url = http://www.npr.org/2015/07/25/425655861/in-wondering-who-you-are-a-man-wakes-up-and-doesnt-know-his-wife|website = NPR.org|accessdate = 2015-10-14|first = N. P. R.|last = Staff}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Wondering Who You Are, by Sonya Lea|url = http://www.booklistonline.com/Wondering-Who-You-Are-Sonya-Lea/pid=7395377}}</ref>, ([[Tin_House|Tin House]]) a memoir about her husband losing the memory of their life. Wondering Who You Are was named a [http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150626-ten-books-to-read-in-july BBC Top Ten Book]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150626-ten-books-to-read-in-july|title=BBC - Culture - Ten books to read in July|author=Jane Ciabattari|work=bbc.com}}</ref>, one of People Magazine's Smart New Memoirs, and Oprah Magazine calls it "a memoir that reads like a thriller."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/book/Memoirs-Wondering-Who-You-Are?editors_pick_id=59177|title=Memoirs - Wondering Who You Are|work=Oprah.com}}</ref> In it, Lea explores memory and identity<ref>{{Cite web|title = 133 - Sonya Lea (Wondering Who You Are)|url = http://chrisryanphd.com/tangentially-speaking/2015/7/12/133-sonya-lea-wondering-who-you-are|website = Christopher Ryan, PhD|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref>, and the impact that her husband's acquired brain injury had upon their relationship.


==External links==
Her essays have appeared in Guernica<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guernicamag.com/features/shattered/|title=Shattered|author=Guernica Magazine|work=Guernica / A Magazine of Art & Politics}}</ref>,Salon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/02/13/how_my_husband_forgot_sex/|title=How my husband forgot sex|author=Sonya Lea|work=salon.com}}</ref>, Brevity<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brevitymag.com/nonfiction/first-bath/|title=First Bath|work=brevitymag.com}}</ref>, The Butter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://the-toast.net/tag/sonya-lea/|title=sonya lea Archive|work=The Toast}}</ref>, The Rumpus<ref>{{cite web|url=http://therumpus.net/2015/05/daisy-duke-and-the-manosphere/|title=Daisy Duke And The Manosphere - The Rumpus.net|work=The Rumpus.net}}</ref>, The Southern Review<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thesouthernreview.org/contributors/detail/sonya-lea/1567|title=The Southern Review|work=thesouthernreview.org}}</ref>, the Prentice Hall Reader, a college creative writing text, and more.
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She wrote, directed and produced a short film, [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4142492/ EVERY BEAUTIFUL THING], starring [[Lauren_Weedman|Lauren Weedman]], and showing at film festivals in the USA. In addition to garnering Lea an Emerging Director Award<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://womeninfilmseattle.org/|title = Women in Film Seattle|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>, the film has won awards for score<ref>{{cite web|url=http://moondancefilmfestival.com/2015-film-and-film-score-competition-results/|title=Moondance International Film Festival|work=moondancefilmfestival.com}}</ref>, and features the Bob Dylan song, "[[Not Dark Yet]]," scored by [[Trey Gunn]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Trey Gunn: In Rare Company|url = http://wvpublic.org/post/trey-gunn-rare-company|website = wvpublic.org|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Not Dark Yet, by Trey Gunn|url = http://music.treygunn.com/track/not-dark-yet-2|website = Trey Gunn|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref> and sung by Dylan Nichole Bandy.


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Sonya mentors writing students privately, and teaches at [[Hugo House]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hugohouse.org/store/class/radical-memoir-sonya-lea/|title=Radical Memoir|work=Hugo House}}</ref> in Seattle and the [http://theredbadgeproject.org/ Red Badge Project]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sonya Lea - INTERVIEWS - UR Chicago|url = http://www.urchicago.com/interviews/2015/9/2/sonya-lea.html|website = www.urchicago.com|accessdate = 2015-10-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theredbadgeproject.org/faculty/sonya-lea/|title=Sonya Lea|work=theredbadgeproject.org}}</ref>, where she developed a pilot writing program for women service members and veterans suffering from combat trauma and military sexual trauma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theredbadgeproject.org/course-description/womens-voices/|title=Women’s Voices|work=theredbadgeproject.org}}</ref> She is a guest lecturer at universities in North America, and is developing a program for healing trauma through writing.
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== References ==
[[Category:20th-century American women writers]]
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[[Category:20th-century American writers]]
[[Category:21st-century American women writers]]
[[Category:American women film directors]]

Latest revision as of 02:20, 27 December 2024

Sonya Lea (born January 12, 1960) is an American essayist, memoirist, film director, and screenwriter, based in Seattle.

Career

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Lea has written pieces for media outlets such as Salon and The Southern Review.[1] In 2015, Lea published Wondering Who You Are through Tin House. The work is a memoir about her experiences with her husband losing his memory of their life together.[2] The book received positive reviews from media outlets such as Booklist, Oprah.com, and the Chicago Tribune.[3][4][5]

In 2014, Lea released Every Beautiful Thing, a short film that starred Lauren Weedman. Lea was a finalist for the Emerging Director Award at the Post Alley Film Festival and the movie's score, which was done by Trey Gunn, won an award for best score at the Moondance International Film Festival.[6][7]

She also works as a teacher at the Hugo House and is active with the Red Badge Project, where she teaches writing to female service members and veterans.[8]

Personal life

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Lea is married to Richard Bandy. The two met at a high school dance while they were both in their teens and they married years later.[citation needed] In 2000 Bandy developed pseudomyxoma peritonei, a form of cancer that caused tumors to form in his abdomen. He underwent multiple surgeries, the last of which in 2003 resulted in internal bleeding. The bleeding was extensive enough that it caused brain damage, resulting in Bandy losing most of his memories of the last twenty years.[9] Bandy was able to remember some basic details like his wife's name, but could not remember details about his current life such as his job, children, or his marriage.[10] He also experienced changes to his personality and handwriting.[9]

References

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  1. ^ N. P. R. Staff. "In 'Wondering Who You Are,' A Man Wakes Up And Doesn't Know His Wife". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  2. ^ "WONDERING WHO YOU ARE by Sonya Lea (review)". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  3. ^ Wondering Who You Are, by Sonya Lea (review). Booklist.
  4. ^ "4 Memoirs So Compelling, They Read Like Novels". Oprah.com.
  5. ^ Kephart, Beth (July 16, 2015). "Review 'Wondering Who You Are' by Sonya Lea". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  6. ^ "2015 Competition Results – Films and Film Scores". Moondance International Film Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  7. ^ "Movie Talk". Women in Film Seattle. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  8. ^ DeCanniere, Andrew. "Sonya Lea - INTERVIEWS - UR Chicago". UR Chicago. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  9. ^ a b "Seattle Writer Shares New Memoir About Husband's Memory Loss". Seattle Magazine. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
  10. ^ "Review: 'Wondering Who You Are,' by Sonya Lea; husband loses memory after cancer surgery". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
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