Alice Sebold | |
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| Born | September 6, 1963 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | Syracuse University (BA) University of Houston University of California, Irvine (MFA) |
| Genre | Literary fiction, memoir |
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Alice Sebold (born September 6, 1963)[1] is an American author. She is known for her novels The Lovely Bones and The Almost Moon, and a memoir, Lucky. The Lovely Bones was on The New York Times Best Seller list and was adapted into a film by the same name in 2009. She is also known for the false accusation of rape against Anthony Broadwater, who spent 16 years in prison, before being exonerated.
Her memoir, Lucky, sold over a million copies and describes her experience in her first year at Syracuse University, when she was raped. She wrongly accused Anthony Broadwater of being the perpetrator. Broadwater spent 16 years in prison. He was exonerated in 2021, after a judge overturned the original conviction. Consequently, the publisher of Lucky announced that the book would no longer be distributed.
- ^ Bloom, Clive (January 3, 2022). Bestsellers: Popular Fiction Since 1900. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-79154-4.