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Alexandra Fuller was born in England in 1969. She moved to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with her family when she was two. After that country’s war of independence (1980) her family moved first to Malawi and then Zambia where she met her husband. In 1994, she came to the States. She lives now in Wyoming with her husband, two daughters and son.
Fuller was educated in Scotland and Canada. She received a BA from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Non-Fiction:
THE LEGEND OF COLTON H. BRYANT (Penguin Press 2008)
A 2008 Book Sense Pick
Colton knew there were a hundred ways to die in Wyoming. That’s why he figured there was only one way to live—with all his heart.
When Alexandra Fuller set out to write about the oil rigs on Wyoming’s high plains, she was expecting the fierce weather and the roughnecks, the big skies and the industry men, but she wasn’t expecting to encounter a real-life cowboy. Then Colton H. Bryant happened into her story, a soulful boy with a mustang-taming heart and blue eyes that’ll look right through you. The story of his life took over Fuller’s writing and a kind of magic ensued, the result of which became this book: The Legend of Colton H. Bryant.
Memoir:
DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT: An African Childhood. (Random House 2001)
Winner: Booksense Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2003
Winner: Winifred Holtby Memorial 2003
New York Times Paperback Best Seller
Los Angeles Times Best Seller
Boston Globe Best Seller
Memoir:
SCRIBBLING THE CAT: Travels with an African Soldier (Penguin Press 2004)
Winner: The LETTRE ULYSSES AWARD FOR THE ART OF REPORTAGE 2005.
www.lettre-ulysses-award.org
Her articles and book reviews have appeared in (among others):
National Geographic Magazine
The New Yorker Magazine
The New York Times Book Review
The New York Times Magazine
Outside Magazine
Real Simple
The London Guardian
Vogue
The Chicago Tribune
The Daily Telegraph
Salon.com
