Allegra Huston
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Allegra Huston (born 26 August 1964) is a British-American author, editor, and writer based in Taos, New Mexico.
She is the author of Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found and the novel A Stolen Summer (Say My Name in hardback), and How to Edit and Be Edited. She is the co-founder of Imaginative Storm Writing Workshops, with James Navé; they are co-authors of Write What You Don't Know: 10 Steps to Writing with Confidence, Energy, and Flow and How to Read for an Audience.
She is also the screenwriter and producer of the short film Good Luck, Mr. Gorski.[1]
Early life
Huston was born on 26 August 1964 in London, England. Her mother was ballerina Enrica Soma, and her father was John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich.[2] When Huston was four, her mother died in a car accident and she subsequently moved to Ireland, where she was raised by her mother's estranged husband, film director John Huston.[2] Huston's half-siblings are actress and director Anjelica Huston, writer Tony Huston, writer Artemis Cooper, and Jason Cooper, the 3rd Viscount Norwich.
Career
After earning a degree in English from
Huston teaches regular writing workshops, and has taught at the University of Oklahoma and the Arvon Foundation. In 2023 she was invited to hold a guest masterclass for graduate students in the University of Iowa Writing Program (Iowa Writers' Workshop).
Personal
Huston is the mother of a son, Rafael.[3]
Published works
- Love Child: A Memoir of Family Lost and Found, published in April 2009 by Simon & Schuster (US) and Bloomsbury (UK).[4][5][6]
- Say My Name: A Novel (London: HQ, July 2017; New York: MIRA, January 2018), republished in paperback as A STOLEN SUMMER (2019)
- Write What You Don't Know: 10 Steps to Writing with Confidence, Energy, and Flow (with James Navé)[7]
- Twice 5 Miles Guides: How to Edit and Be Edited and How to Read for an Audience (with James Navé)[8]
References
- ^ Good Luck, Mr Gorski at Vimeo.com
- ^ a b Huston, Allegra (30 May 2011). "Life as a Hollywood Love Child". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
- ^ Allegra Huston. Allegra Huston. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ New Book Releases, Bestsellers, Author Info. & More at Simon & Schuster Archived 6 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Books.simonandschuster.com. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ [1] Archived 29 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Khan, Urmee. (5 April 2009) Allegra Huston speaks of the shock at discovering she was the love child of a Lord. The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
- ^ Write What You Don't Know: 10 Steps to Writing with Confidence, Energy, and Flow. 27 November 2022.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "How-to books offered by Huston and Navé". 13 November 2018.
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