Devon Jersild
Devon Jersild | |
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| Born | August 25, 1958 Oak Park, Illinois |
| Occupation | Writer, psychologist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College Fielding Graduate University |
| Spouse | Jay Parini |
| Children | 3 |
Devon Jersild (born August 25, 1958) is a clinical psychologist, author and screenwriter.
Biography
Devon Jersild was born August 25, 1958. She graduated
Jersild was president of The Vermont Association for Psychoanalytic Studies from 2019 to 2021. Prior to becoming a
She won an O. Henry Award in 1991 for her short story "In Which John Imagines His Mind as a Pond." Andre Dubus III wrote in the Los Angeles Times: "Jersild's language is cool and spare, her details muted, a style that serves her heart-thumping main character well, taking him, and us, to an ending that unfolds itself naturally, with a deliberate and excusable echo of James Joyce's The Dead."[1] She is the author of Happy Hours: Alcohol in a Woman’s Life (HarperCollins), and has lectured widely on the subject of alcohol, as well as appearing on television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Montel Williams Show.[2]
Jersild and her husband, writer Jay Parini (with whom she has three sons), adapted Parini's historical novel Benjamin's Crossing into a screenplay.[3]
Awards
1991, O. Henry Award
References
- ^ "O. Henry Awards: A Premium on Brevity : PRIZE STORIES 1990 The O. Henry Awards edited by William Abrahams (Doubleday; 0-385-26498-4)". Los Angeles Times. April 29, 1990. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
- ^ Women, Alcohol, and Drinking and Driving, Oprah.com. Accessed February 24, 2024.
- ^ Nawotka, Ed (May 15, 2017). "'Colin Firth Treks To 'Benjamin's Crossing'; Fortitude Intl Will Launch At Cannes'".
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