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    Alice Sebold was born on September 6, 1968 in Madison, Wisconsin. She grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and graduated from Great Valley High School in Malvern, PA in 1980. She went on to attend Syracuse University. Near the end of her freshman year, she was raped in a tunnel on her walk home. When she reported the crime to the police, they told her she was “lucky” because another girl had recently been raped and killed in the same tunnel. She would later name her memoir Lucky because of this conversation. A few months after the rape, Sebold saw her rapist on the street and reported him. She testified in court and he got the maximum sentence.

    Sebold went home to live with her family for the summer between her freshman and sophomore years. She returned to Syracuse in the fall and continued to study writing there and completed her Bachelor’s degree in 1984. Sebold tried to write her story a nu

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    Alice Sebold


    Born

    in Madison, Wisconsin, The United States

    September 06, 1963


    Genre

    Literature & Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs


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    Alice Sebold is an American author. She is known for her novels The Lovely Bones and The Almost måne, and a memoir, Lucky. The Lovely Bones was on The New York Times Best Seller list and was adapted into a film by the same name in 2010. Her memoir, Lucky, sold over a million copies and describes her experience in her first year at Syracuse University, when she was raped. Anthony Broadwater, who was incorrectly identified as the perpetrator by Sebold, spent 16 years in prison. He was exonerated in 2021, after a judge overturned the original conviction. Consequently, the publisher of Lucky announced that the book would no longer be distributed.



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    Fall 2007, Volume 24.1

    Conversation

    Becky Jo Gesteland McShane

    Beyond Death: A Conversation with Alice Sebold

    Becky Jo Gesteland McShane is an associate professor in the English Department at Weber State University, where she teaches classes in content management and professional and technical writing. After completing a PhD in American Studies at the University of Utah, she worked for several years as a technical writer. Now Becky searches for ways to combine her interests in cultural studies and technical communication. Her latest project investigates the spiritual aspects of knitting and the conventions of knitting patterns. In her spare time, Becky hikes and skis the Wasatch Mountains with her family.

    Born in 1963 in Madison, Wisconsin, Alice Sebold grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a family that loved books. She attended Syracuse University, where she experienced a life-changing event at the end of her freshman year. Walking back to

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