Alice Sebold is a very well-known author around the world. She has written fictional stories along with a personal experience. Writing of her own experience impacted her to write some of her other novels. Lucky was written of her experience and later she wrote a similar fictional novel called The Lovely Bones. Going through such a horrible experience has forever impacted the way she writes.
Alice Sebold was born in Madison, Wisconsin on September 6, 1963. She is the second child. While she was growing up, her house was filled with dysfunction. Her mother was an alcoholic, leaving her older sister to care for her. Sebold is the daughter of two academic parents. Her mother worked as a journalist for a small newspaper. Her father was a Spanish professor at the University of Pennsylvania To inform people of her difficult dysfunctional home life, she took on the role as the “family moron” (“Alice Sebold Biography” 1). Her difficult home life affected the way she looked at herself. All of her childhood experiences have also impacted her life and the way she writes. Sebold graduated from Great Valley High School, Pennsylvania in 1980. …show more content…
After graduating high school, she was unable to get into Pennsylvania University, so she attended Syracuse University in New York in the fall. While attending Syracuse, a life changing event took place. She was brutally raped in the tunnel of the amphitheater (Glaug 1). She stayed at Syracuse, where she enrolled in a creative writing class. Eventually she earned her bachelor’s degree and studied writing (Glaug 2). After attending Syracuse, she transferred to the University of Houston, where she failed as a graduate student. After her failed attempt at Texas, she relocated herself to New York City, where she began to experiment Heroin. While working in a professorship at Hunters College, she found her gift as a teacher (“Alice Sebold Biography” 2). After living in the city for ten years, she applied to graduate school at the University of California (Glaug 2). She graduated from there in 1998 with a MFA (Master of Fine Arts) (“Alice Sebold Biography” 2). Sebold went through a lot as a child and young adult; however, her rape experience was the most horrific. Going through such an experience has helped shape her into the writer and person she is today. After her experience, she became obsessed with writing about everyday violence. At the age of 33, she began writing a novel called Monsters. It is about a 14 year old girl who was brutally raped and murdered, later becoming known as The Lovely Bones. It became known as the best book since Gone with the Wind (Glaug 2). In 2007, her second novel, Almost Moon, was published. It was another number one seller. This novel was not about rape like her others; it is about mental illnesses and mother/daughter relationships (“Alice Sebold” 1). Rarely does an author have such an impact on literature with their first novel, however, Sebold managed the impossible. It is hard to impact literature with their first ever novel, especially writing about such a dark subject, but Sebold’s The Lovely Bones did (“Alice Sebold” 1). Two of Sebold’s three novels are about rape. Her books have impacted literature and her writing. As a young adult, Sebold went through a horrific experience, which changed her
Alice Sebold was born in Madison, Wisconsin on September 6, 1963. She is the second child. While she was growing up, her house was filled with dysfunction. Her mother was an alcoholic, leaving her older sister to care for her. Sebold is the daughter of two academic parents. Her mother worked as a journalist for a small newspaper. Her father was a Spanish professor at the University of Pennsylvania To inform people of her difficult dysfunctional home life, she took on the role as the “family moron” (“Alice Sebold Biography” 1). Her difficult home life affected the way she looked at herself. All of her childhood experiences have also impacted her life and the way she writes. Sebold graduated from Great Valley High School, Pennsylvania in 1980. …show more content…
After graduating high school, she was unable to get into Pennsylvania University, so she attended Syracuse University in New York in the fall. While attending Syracuse, a life changing event took place. She was brutally raped in the tunnel of the amphitheater (Glaug 1). She stayed at Syracuse, where she enrolled in a creative writing class. Eventually she earned her bachelor’s degree and studied writing (Glaug 2). After attending Syracuse, she transferred to the University of Houston, where she failed as a graduate student. After her failed attempt at Texas, she relocated herself to New York City, where she began to experiment Heroin. While working in a professorship at Hunters College, she found her gift as a teacher (“Alice Sebold Biography” 2). After living in the city for ten years, she applied to graduate school at the University of California (Glaug 2). She graduated from there in 1998 with a MFA (Master of Fine Arts) (“Alice Sebold Biography” 2). Sebold went through a lot as a child and young adult; however, her rape experience was the most horrific. Going through such an experience has helped shape her into the writer and person she is today. After her experience, she became obsessed with writing about everyday violence. At the age of 33, she began writing a novel called Monsters. It is about a 14 year old girl who was brutally raped and murdered, later becoming known as The Lovely Bones. It became known as the best book since Gone with the Wind (Glaug 2). In 2007, her second novel, Almost Moon, was published. It was another number one seller. This novel was not about rape like her others; it is about mental illnesses and mother/daughter relationships (“Alice Sebold” 1). Rarely does an author have such an impact on literature with their first novel, however, Sebold managed the impossible. It is hard to impact literature with their first ever novel, especially writing about such a dark subject, but Sebold’s The Lovely Bones did (“Alice Sebold” 1). Two of Sebold’s three novels are about rape. Her books have impacted literature and her writing. As a young adult, Sebold went through a horrific experience, which changed her