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Victoria Loustalot
BornSacramento, California, United States
OccupationMemoirist, Essayist
NationalityAmerican
Period2006 - Present
GenreMemoir

Victoria Loustalot is an American writer of memoir and essays.

Early life

Loustalotwas raised in Sacramento, California and graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in English. At age 21, an essay she wrote about her father's death was published in The New York Times Modern Love column.[1] Offered a nonfiction writing fellowship from Columbia University, she went on to earn her M.F.A. in writing from Columbia's School of the Arts.

Career

Her work has appeared in numerous print and online publications, including The New Yorker[2] Women's Wear Daily, The Onion, Publishers Weekly, The Huffington Post,[3] and The New York Times.[1] Her first book, This Is How You Say Goodbye, a memoir about her unusual childhood and traveling alone in her early twenties, was published in 2013.[4][5][6]

Personal life

She lives in New York City.

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/19/fashion/19love.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
  2. ^ http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/victoria_loustalot/search?contributorName=Victoria%20Loustalot
  3. ^ "Princess Margaret". Huffingtonpost.com. 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  4. ^ "This Is How You Say Goodbye | Victoria Loustalot | Macmillan". Us.macmillan.com. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  5. ^ "Victoria Loustalot (Author of This Is How You Say Goodbye)". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 2013-09-05.
  6. ^ "Victoria Loustalot". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2013-09-05.

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