Alex Marzano-Lesnevich is an American author and former lawyer.

Biography

Marzano-Lesnevich received their B.A. from

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, M.F.A. from

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, and J.D. from

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. Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of ''The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir,'' which received the 2018

Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir or Biography The Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/Biography is an annual literary award established in 1994, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation The Lambda Literary Foundation (also known as Lambda Literary) is an American LGBTQ literary o ...

, the 2018

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, the 2019

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in nonfiction, and was optioned by

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to develop into a limited series. The book recounts the story of Marzano-Lesnevich being assigned to defend a pedophile and child murderer in Louisiana who killed and likely molested a six-year-old boy in 1992, and had their faith against the death penalty shaken after watching the man's videotaped confession. Marzano-Lesnevich is currently a professor at

Bowdoin College Bowdoin College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint eng ...

. They write extensively about transgender issues.

References

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