Debby Applegate

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Debby Applegate (2006)

Deborah M. Applegate (* 1968 in Eugene , Oregon ) is an American historian and biographer .

Life

Debby Applegate grew up in Clackamas , Oregon. After graduating from Clackamas High School in 1985 , she studied at Amherst College , where she graduated summa cum laude in 1989 . She then became a Sterling Fellow at Yale University , where she received her PhD in American Studies in 1998 . She later taught American history at Wesleyan University and biography writing at Marymount Manhattan College . She has worked for The New Haven Review , Harriet Beecher Stowe House , Yale Summer Cabaret, and Friends of the Amherst College Library . She was also elected the first female president of the Biographers International Organization .

With The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher , Applegate published her first book in 2007, a biography about Henry Ward Beecher . Even her thesis at Amherst College dealt with Beecher. She spent 20 years parallel to her work to collect enough material. After publication, the book received wide reviews and was nominated and awarded several literary prizes. She was nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award , among others . Among the major awards she won was the Pulitzer Prize for Best Biography or Autobiography . It has been named one of the best books of the year by magazines including The New York Times , The Washington Post , Seattle Times , Chicago Tribune , San Francisco Chronicle, and American Heritage Magazine .

Applegate is currently writing a biography about Polly Adler .

Applegate is married to the non-fiction author Bruce Tulgan. They met while studying at Amherst College.

Works

  • The Most Famous Man in America. The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher . Doubleday, New York 2007, ISBN 0-385-51396-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b ENGAGEMENTS; Ms. Applegate, Bruce Tulgan , nytimes.com
  2. ↑ 2007 Pulitzer Prize winners , seattletimes.com
  3. ↑ 'The Most Famous Man in America,' by Debby Applegate , nytimes.com
  4. ^ Guidebooks to Babylon , nytimes.com
personal data
SURNAME Applegate, Debby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Applegate, Deborah M. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian and biographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Eugene , Oregon, United States