Anthony Swofford was born on August 12, 1970 in Fairfield, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Jarhead (2005), The Code (2019) and Taken (2017). Christa Parravani is the author of Her: A Memoir. Her was an Indie Bound Next pick and Amazon's Debut Spotlight pick, and a best book of the month. Parravani's work has appeared in Marie Claire, The Washington Post, The London Times, and The Daily Mail. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, the writer Anthony Swofford, and their daughter.
Christa Parravani is the author of Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood. Parravani is also the author of Indie bestselling Her: A Memoir Trent reznor driver down lyrics. , which shares Parravani's journey through grief after the loss of her identical twin sister Cara. Her was a Wall Street Journal, Salon, and Library Journal best book of the year. It was a Huffington Post best book of the last five years. Parravani's writing has appeared in Guernica, Catapult, Vogue, Hobart, Marie Claire, The Millions, Glamour, The Washington Post, Salon, The Rumpus, The Daily Beast, The London Times, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, and DAME, among other places. She has been featured in Poets and Writers, on NPR's All Things Considered, and To The Best of Our Knowledge, and on PBS’s Well Read, among many other magazines, network television programs, and public radio programs.
Specializations:
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- American memoir and essay
- Gender Studies
- Reproductive healthcare and social justice
- Photographic practice, history and theory
- 20th Century women's fiction
- Visual art and literature
- Loved and Wanted: A Memoir of Choice, Children, and Womanhood (Henry Holt, 2020. Bonnier Books U.K., 2020)
- Her: A Memoir (Henry Holt, 2013)
- Women in Clothes (Viking, Penguin, 2014)
Awards and Fellowships:
- Residency Fellowship, Corporation of Yaddo
- Residency Fellowship, Dora Maar House, Brown Fellows Foundation
- Residency Fellowship, MacDowell
- Amazon Spotlight Debut of the month, March 2013
- Indiebound Next Pick, March 2013
- Salon Best book of 2013
- Wall Street Journal best book of 2013
- Library Journal best book of 2013
- An Oprah, People, and NPR must read book of 2013
- Huffington Post best book of the last 5 years for women, 2015
- Finalist for Books for a Better Life Award, 2013
- Residency Fellowship, Byrdcliffe Center for the Arts
- Mortimer Frank Travel Fellowship, Columbia University