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My Take
Alice Sebold's work tightens something in my chest every time. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, she carried a profound wound from her Syracuse years into the memoir Lucky, then transmuted that pain into The Lovely Bones, the haunting story of a murdered girl watching her family from the afterlife. It should be unbearable, yet it is strangely warm, written with a tenderness only the wounded can summon. The bestseller lists and film adaptation are beside the point for me. What draws me is the courage it took to look straight at the dark and turn it into language. A singular, unflinchingly observant writer.
Overview
Alice Sebold (born September 6, 1963) is an American author. She is known for her novels The Lovely Bones and The Almost Moon, 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 2009. Her memoir, Lucky, sold over a million copies and describes her experience in her first year at Syracuse University, when she was raped.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alice Sebold
- Name (Japanese)
- アリス・シーボルド
- Reading
- ありす・しーぼるど
- Born
- September 6, 1963 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / novelist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Great Valley High School
- University
- Syracuse University
Awards & achievements
- 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Lovely Bones | — | |
| Notable work | The Almost Moon | — | |
| Notable work | Lucky | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.