Fiona Maazel (born 1975 in

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, Ohio) is the author of three novels: ''Last Last Chance'', ''Woke Up Lonely'', and ''A Little More Human''. In 2008 she was named a 5 under 35 honoree by the

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. In 2017, she was awarded a

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Early life

Her father was conductor

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. Her mother is

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, a pianist and scriptwriter.

Career

Maazel's fiction and non-fiction have appeared in many publications, including ''Harper's'', ''

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'', ''The New York Times'', ''

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'', ''Bomb'', ''Fence'', ''The Mississippi Review'', ''Conjunctions'', ''The Common'', ''The Yale Review'', ''Anthem'', ''

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'', ''N+1'', ''This American Life'', ''Selected Shorts'', and on

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. ''Woke Up Lonely'' is about a cult leader, his ex-wife, and the four government employees he takes hostage. ''Last Last Chance'' tells the story of Lucy Clark, a drug addict with a complicated family and a difficult life. Joshua Henkin of ''

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'' said of the book: "'Last Last Chance' isn’t your average novel, thanks in no small part to Maazel's funny, lacerating prose." She is a 2008 National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" honoree, winner of the Bard Fiction Prize for 2009, and in 2005 she was awarded a

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. She has been the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the

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, and has taught at Columbia, Princeton, NYU, and Syracuse University. She is also the Director of Communications for Measures for Justice.

Personal life

Maazel lives in

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Works

*''Last Last Chance'' New York : Picador/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008, , *''Woke Up Lonely'' Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, 2014. , *''A Little More Human'' Minneapolis, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 2017, ,

References

Bad Habit
– NYT, April 6, 2008

External links

Official websiteFiona Maazel
at Macmillan *http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=1542 *http://www.lannan.org/lf/bios/detail/fiona-maazel/
2013 ''Bomb Magazine'' interview of Fiona Maazel by Justin Taylor
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