Author Bio
• Birth—1965
• Where—New York City, New York, USA
• Education—B.A., Yale University
• Currently—lives in New York City, New York
Jane Mendelsohn is an American author. Her novels are known for their mythic themes, poetic imagery, and allegorical content. Her novel I Was Amelia Earhart (1996) was an international bestseller and short-listed for the Orange Prize.
Background
Mendelsohn was born in New York City, the daughter of a psychiatrist and an art historian. She graduated from Horace Mann School in New York and went on to Yale University where she graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1987. She attended Yale Law School for one year before beginning a career as a writer/journalist.
She has worked as an assistant to the literary editor at The Village Voice and as a tutor at Yale University. Mendelsohn is married and lives in New York with her husband, producer Nick Davis, and two daughters.
Novels
1996 - I Was Amelia Earhart
2000 - Innocence
2010 - American Music
2016 - Burning Down the House
(Author bio adapted from Wikipedia. Retrieved 3/16/2016.)
Burning Down the House (Mendelsohn) - Author Bio
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