Bronwen Dickey (born, May 17, 1981) is an American author, journalist, and

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Education

Bronwen Dickey obtained an MFA in

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from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

in 2009. She is also a graduate of the esteemed, Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford Connecticut. Class of 1999.

Authorship

Dickey is a contributing editor at ''

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'' and the author of '' Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon''. Her book attempted to show that negative views about the breed have often been shaped by misunderstandings of pit bulls and their history. This led to her unwittingly becoming a "heroine" for the pro-pit bull community and the target of threats and harassment from those who see her as an "apologist" for a so-called "vicious animal." She was a finalist for the 2017

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in feature writing and won a

Lowell Thomas Award Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, actor, broadcaster, and traveler, best remembered for publicising T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). He was also involved in promoting the Cinerama widescreen ...

in the category "Magazine Article on U.S./Canada Travel".

Academia

Dickey's a

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on Journalism and

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Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

Personal life

She lives in

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. She's the youngest child of the late poet and novelist

James Dickey James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 January 19, 1997) was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. He also received the Order of the South award. Dickey is best known for his no ...

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